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Over the last few decades, reverse engineering has become an essential part of product design and production processes used by manufacturers all over the globe. From aerospace to automotive to everyday consumer goods, industrial engineers and product designers rely on reverse engineering when replicating a legacy part without documentation or drawings, analyzing and deconstructing a competitive product, or modifying and improving an existing one.
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Protolabs’ expertise supported the fine tuning and optimisation of the design, to align with the projects speed and cost-effective requirements.
You have been tasked with buying a 3D scanner. The only problem is figuring out where to start your search. You know what 3D scanning is but don’t know enough about it to make an informed choice.
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3D printing post-processing techniques turn rough and incomplete models into functional, aesthetic parts that are ready for their end-use. This article looks at the main techniques available for both polymer and metal AM.
What to do when the design analysis in your manufacturing quote raises undercut red flags
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Aluminium is a common and popular metal that’s found everywhere and used in a stunningly wide range of parts and products, in this blog we explore why aluminium is so commonly used, why there are so many aluminium alloys, and take a brief glimpse at the main alloys we use at Protolabs.
FACTUREE produces a joint component for nodes of a variable grid structure for a research project at TUM
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In this episode, we talk about how robotics and artificial intelligence are being used in the sheet metal forming industry to improve safety, efficiency and precision.
New fabs will focus on making cutting-edge chips, not those based on older, established technology. So how should your company solve for potential limited supplies?
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Design for manufacturing turns manufacturability into a design input instead of a production problem. This guide covers its principles, design rules, tolerance cost tradeoffs, and a practical DFM checklist.
The overall goals are to minimise the environmental damage caused by industrial production, and, more specifically, to do our best to reduce our industrial carbon footprint.
Many companies are now looking at alternatives to silicon chips.
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The pandemic has already brought in a host of challenges to global manufacturing industries, especially for those supply chain has severely delayed, suspended or even damaged. Finding a reliable manufacturing supplier has immeasurable value to the entire circle of your new product research and development. Here 4 tips to help find your desired supplier amid the pandemic
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Overhangs represent one of the biggest challenges for FDM 3D printers. Here we look at how to safely print them using support structures, bridging, and other techniques.
Time is money. Normally we only choose from the Top 3 express partners in the world to deliver finished goods to our clients. Occasionally, however, the delivery timeline is too tight, and we have to use our internal "transporter", which is faster than courier service.
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