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Material Use

As job shops are used to produce a variety of parts, they can also accomodate for a variety of part materials.

Following is a table showing a list of materials and their suitability in designing parts to be produced in job shops.

 

Material	Ranking
Cast Iron	80
Carbon Steel	80
Alloy Steel	50
Stainless Steel	50
Aluminum & Alloys	100
Copper & Alloys	100
Zinc & Alloys	80
Magnesium & Alloys	80
Titanium & Alloys	50
Nickel & Alloys	50
Refractory Metals	50
Thermoplastics	50
Thermosets	50
Ceramics	0
PhotoPolymers	0
Wood (dry)	80

A value of zero means that the corresponding material is never used with this process, a ranking of 100 means that it is excellent for use with this process.