A deeper look at some reasons for choosing plastic over metal including weight, finishes, strength, longevity, recyclability, cost.
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Custom parts manufacturing, from rapid prototyping to mass production.
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The design cube has been Protolabs' staple design aid for decades, this video takes a deeper look into the design cube and all the features and capabilities on display and how you can avoid certain design and cosmetic issues.
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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.
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Thorlabs reduced the time to market for its new motorised polarisation controller by several months using Protolabs design analysis, prototyping and on demand manufacturing for its outsourced parts.
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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.
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Improve the appearance and performance of injection-moulded parts by eliminating cosmetic issues early
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In this Insight video, Protolabs take a closer look at knit lines – covering what they are, how they are caused, problems they can cause and how to avoid them (or at least minimise their effects!)
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For a startup manufacturer getting that first product right is crucial for your reputation and future sales. First impressions really do count when you are building up your company and brand equity.
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Manufacturing throughout the product life cycle
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Stretch your budget with these injection moulding design recommendations
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Gain insight into the importance of ‘uniformity’, in terms of sinking, warping, and essentially non-functioning parts.
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Entryphone have developed an entry phone product that perfectly meets the demands of the 21st century. Keen to get their exciting new product to market as quickly as possible, Protolabs' high-speed low-volume production model provided the support needed.
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KyronMAX®’s carbon fiber-based technology platform provides material-accurate prototyping in just days.
The role that material compatibility, adhesion, friction, and wear play in design of moulded parts
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Julio Aleman, a Bioengineering PhD student needed two different microwell array system with individual wells that would support injection moulding of hydrogels and serve as “master moulds”
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