RE: [rp-ml] milling=am?

From: Marshall Burns <ListMail2_at_fabbers.com>
Date: Tue Jan 12 2010 - 20:52:39 EET

Tell you what Jeff, if you stop calling it RP, we can stop discussing what
else to call it!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On Behalf
Of Bondy, Jeff S
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 08:55
To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
Subject: RE: [rp-ml] milling=am?

Please, please, please!!!!!! Not another 1000 thread discussion on what
to call RP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On
Behalf Of John Morewood
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:25 AM
To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
Subject: Re: [rp-ml] milling=am?

The way I look at it - RP (Rapid Prototyping) is what I do, AM/SM
(Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing) are the processes I use to do RP.
Then there comes the whole CAD/CNC machining, 3D Printing (SLA, FDM,
etc...) as how the AM/SM processes are accomplished. And yes there was a

thread about this a bit ago - it seemed to dissolved into a circular
discussion based on point of view :-)

Regards,
-jay-

The Creature Company wrote:
>
> I believe we had the discussion before but I have searched the
> archives and haven't seems to locate the thread.
>
> In the move to rename the technology we use from RP to AM how do we
> classify CNC and Milling? CNC and milling are to be subtractive in
> nature. They obviously do not fit into the realm of additive
> manufacturing however they are a rapid technology.
>
> That makes we wonder if the terms RP and AM are not synonymous but set

> up as a hierarchy, whereas rapid prototyping includes additive and
> subtractive manufacturing. Am I correct in saying that?
>
> I have been a bit flustered since I felt the push was not to use the
> term RP any more since it's "not cool". Thoughts?
>
> Lino
Received on Tue Jan 12 20:57:38 2010

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