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3D printing perfects a pair of creative feeding tube inventions

December 13, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The Cool Idea Award: Healthcare Grant is an extension of Protolabs’ flagship Cool Idea Award program. Protolabs recently announced two winners of this grant—MedStar Health and Cleveland Clinic Innovations for a device that improves NICU feeding and a … [Read more...] about 3D printing perfects a pair of creative feeding tube inventions

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Medical, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: protolabs

How to recreate Thanos’ Endgame Infinity Blade

October 22, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

For a little fun and relaxation: The Hacksmith used Protolabs’ CNC machining services to recreate the blade handguard and handguard spacer from the movie Avengers: Endgame.   Protolabs www.protolabs.com … [Read more...] about How to recreate Thanos’ Endgame Infinity Blade

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Protolabs adds Carbon Technology to its 3D Printing service

September 10, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Digital manufacturer Protolabs added the Carbon platform to its portfolio of production-grade additive manufacturing technologies. With Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS), Protolabs’ customers can move into production faster and more … [Read more...] about Protolabs adds Carbon Technology to its 3D Printing service

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, News, Vat Photopolymerization Tagged With: protolabs

Adding production capacity, Protolabs adds Carbon 3D printing to its lineup

September 10, 2019 By WTWH Editor 1 Comment

Increasingly, various markets are using 3D printing to produce parts in a production capacity. This trend is one of the reasons behind Protolabs recent announcement that it will offer low-volume production manufacturing using Carbon’s M2 3D printer.  … [Read more...] about Adding production capacity, Protolabs adds Carbon 3D printing to its lineup

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Service Bureau News, Vat Photopolymerization Tagged With: protolabs

Custom color and complete parts made easy

September 10, 2019 By WTWH Editor 1 Comment

Color can play an important role in product design. Achieving the right color, however, has usually been a challenge. It can take weeks to get the color right. Noted Joel Matthews, Global Product Manager – Secondary Operations at Protolabs, a typical … [Read more...] about Custom color and complete parts made easy

Filed Under: Injection Molding Production, Rapid Injection Molding Tagged With: protolabs

Working with Direct Metal Laser Sintering

September 9, 2019 By WTWH Editor Leave a Comment

Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is one of the major technologies in additive manufacturing (AM). It is known for making precise and extremely dense metal parts in single or small-lot quantities. DMLS-made parts are common in medical, aerospace, … [Read more...] about Working with Direct Metal Laser Sintering

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial, Medical, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: protolabs

Greenhouse-gas detecting drone takes flight with 3D printing

July 23, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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An environmental technician puts on his boots, straps on his instruments and begins the day-long trek through the landfill. He’s searching for methane, a greenhouse gas found in landfills that is 21 times more potent than other greenhouse … [Read more...] about Greenhouse-gas detecting drone takes flight with 3D printing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Industrial, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: protolabs

Protolabs introduces precision color matching on molded parts

June 11, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Protolabs introduced a color-matching system into its plastic injection molding service. PolyOne’s PINPOINT Express Color and Dosing System, featuring 3M precision dispensing and dosing technologies, allows Protolabs to develop custom colors on site, … [Read more...] about Protolabs introduces precision color matching on molded parts

Filed Under: Injection Molding Production, Service Bureau News Tagged With: protolabs

Protolabs launches production capabilities for metal 3D printing

June 4, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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Digital manufacturing company, Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) launched production capabilities for its metal 3D printing service. These capabilities use secondary processes to improve the strength, dimensional accuracy, and cosmetic appearance of metal … [Read more...] about Protolabs launches production capabilities for metal 3D printing

Filed Under: Service Bureau News Tagged With: protolabs

Protolabs and Wohlers Associates team up for course on Design for Additive Manufacturing

March 22, 2019 By WTWH Editor Leave a Comment

Digital manufacturer Protolabs has teamed with additive manufacturing (AM) consultants Wohlers Associates in a joint effort to accelerate design for manufacturing knowledge around 3D printing. The two organizations will develop an immersive course … [Read more...] about Protolabs and Wohlers Associates team up for course on Design for Additive Manufacturing

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