No, Fairchild Industries manufactures production parts as well.
Yes, they design, test and manufacture production parts.
They use one of the most innovative solid modeling software packages on the market, SolidWorks.
Fairchild has invested in an industry leading software package, SIMULIA Abacus.
Fairchild specializes in rubber and plastic part design including automotive rubber parts, molded rubber & plastic parts as well as extruded rubber and plastic parts.
Some of their most common applications include:
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Today they create a small amount of metal parts, mostly with metal as part of assemblies. They can also reverse engineer plastic parts out of metal parts.
For Polyjet printing, they use a light-curing material that comes in many colors based on their partners’ needs. For FDM they print ABS plastic as well as other materials if notified by their partner.