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When talking about industries that use 3D printing you probably don't expect to hear fashion and jewellery. These industries are increasingly turning to 3D printing due to its ability to produce fine details, iterate designs quickly and display quality finishes.

20240119-Insight: 3D Printing in New Industries

It’s not often that a product is created as a result of the union of two great passions. But that’s the auspicious start for 9Barista, the world’s first jet-engineered stovetop espresso machine – the brainchild of mechanical engineer William Playford.

Protolabs helps take coffee to new heights

There are two ways to mount a 3D vision system in the robotic cell, each having its advantages and each being more suitable for certain applications. However, there are many cases where hand-eye calibration surpasses the more traditional setup in a number of respects.

Hand-eye bin picking

As much as we’d like to think that our first ideas are always the best, that isn’t always the case. Making changes to your design is an incredibly important concept and one that is sometimes easy for us all to forget.

20240119-Protolabs Insight: Making Changes