Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been in manufacturing for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory, and I’ve heard the same claim about additive manufacturing for a decade: “It’s too expensive for real production.” For a long…
Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been making sheet metal parts for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory, and there’s a question I get asked at least once a month: “Barry, can I avoid the engineering costs?”…
Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been in manufacturing for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory, and I’ve learned that “high precision” is one of the most misunderstood phrases in this industry. Over the years, I’ve had…
Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been in manufacturing for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory, and I want to start with a confession: for the first five years of my career, I thought Metal 3D printing…
Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been in manufacturing for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory, and if there’s one question I’ve never stopped thinking about, it’s this: what is precision actually worth? I’ve seen clients pay…
Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been in manufacturing for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory. If there’s one category of components that quietly holds modern industry together, it’s CNC precision turned parts. You don’t see them…
Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been running a CNC machine shop for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory, and I’ve also been on the other side of the table — hiring CNC machine shops to make…
Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been running a CNC machining service for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory, and if there’s one thing that drives me crazy about this industry, it’s how long it takes to…
Hey, I’m Barry Zeng. I’ve been in manufacturing for 12 years at Shanghai Yunyan Prototype & Mould Manufacture Factory, and I still remember the first time someone asked me this question: “Barry, which is better — manual machining or CNC…