{"id":1682,"date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/blog\/hashcast-a-difference-in-making"},"modified":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","slug":"hashcast-a-difference-in-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/blog\/hashcast-a-difference-in-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Hashcast a Difference in Making"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#CAST: A Difference in Making<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to customization and low-volume production, 3D printing offers unparalleled advantages to legacy manufacturing methods. In conjunction with 3D scanning and CAD expertise, additive manufacturing technologies provide shorter lead-times and decreased costs in place of expensive molds and machining processes, allowing users to create individualized products for a variety of real-world applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Make a Difference \/ A Difference in Making project by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.materialise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Materialise<\/a> highlights meaningful applications that directly impact the lives of individuals, particularly in the medical, environmental and design fields. #CAST is one of the featured 3D printed models on display in Belgium at the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bozar.be\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts<\/a> with plans to tour the exhibit around the world. Fathom has the honor of participating in this endeavor with its custom-fit 3D printed cast that incorporates social media messages from friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The display category featuring #CAST\u2014Making a Difference in the Life of an Individual: Giving a Personal Touch\u2014focuses on the benefits of affordable personalization, emphasizing the vast potential of additive manufacturing technologies and the subsequent impact on the future of product development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"340\" class=\"thumb-image wp-image-5394\" src=\"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/july915.jpg\" alt=\"July++\" data-image-dimensions=\"940x340\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-image-id=\"5bea06108a922d64a40de4b9\" data-load=\"false\" data-type=\"image\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/july915.jpg 940w, https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/july915-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/july915-768x278.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"616\" class=\"thumb-image wp-image-5395\" src=\"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cast-lifestyle-shot-with-tool-fathom-940px.jpg\" alt=\"CAST Lifestyle Shot With Tool Fathom Px\" data-image-dimensions=\"940x616\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-image-id=\"5b85eb1977d892cd33825a18\" data-load=\"false\" data-type=\"image\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cast-lifestyle-shot-with-tool-fathom-940px.jpg 940w, https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cast-lifestyle-shot-with-tool-fathom-940px-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cast-lifestyle-shot-with-tool-fathom-940px-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about our achievements in customized solutions that improve the lives of others, check out Fathom&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/blog\/bay-areas-tech-for-good-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">award-winning work<\/a> in creating and providing a special <a href=\"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/blog\/prosthetic\">3D printed prosthetic<\/a> for a 4-year-old girl.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fathom\u2019s #CAST joins Materialise\u2019s Make a Difference exhibit at BOZAR, showcasing custom-fit 3D printed casts that embed social messages from friends and family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"tag_industry":[10],"tag_technology":[14],"class_list":["post-1682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag_industry-medical","tag_technology-3d-printing-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"tag_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_industry?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"tag_technology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_technology?post=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}