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Rapid Prototyping Development for a Specialty Emergency/Warning Lighting Company
From: Safco LLCDescription: A manufacturer of specialty emergency/warning lighting was experiencing major failures of the existing power cable assemblies used on its lights. The customer's existing supplier was unable to rectify ...
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Artist Adds Injection Molded Plastic to Palette
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: The initial plan was for a sculpture combining bronze birds with approximately 80 multi-colored glass flowers. We looked at the construction company's specs and were moving forward on the design ...
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Cool Idea! Winner Ready To Make Waves
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: SOLOSHOT is a two-piece cooperative object tracking system that combines with virtually any camera to track and film a moving subject from up to 2000 feet away. Simply mount a camera on the motorized ...
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Coping with "Crunch Time" at JDS Uniphase
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: "We had three hours to redesign the machined aluminum housings. We sent the revised housing design to Firstcut® and got back a quote for a very complicated part in two hours." ...
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Cord knots? Not with CorDotz!
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: Beginning with sketches, Maraia used SolidWorks software to produce 3D CAD models. "I had developed detailed visual representations but still needed functional prototypes for testing and initial ...
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Cuppow! From Flash of Brilliance to Finished Product in Two Weeks
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: We first uploaded a 3D CAD model to Proto Labs in August and got back a ProtoQuote® -an automated online quote and design analysis-the next day. I consider ProtoQuote one of the best aspects ...
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Part Airplane, Part Helicopter, All Cool
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: Using four independent motors, The Quadshot takes off vertically and hovers like a helicopter, enabling it to pitch and roll in all directions. But at the press of a button it adjusts orientation and ...
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SkyLight Impacts Healthcare and Science Education
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: SkyLight is a device that connects any smartphone to any microscope. This universal plastic mount allows older microscopes to be upgraded to the digital age, and can help transform global healthcare, ...
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The Parrot AR.Drone: From Virtual to Reality with Proto Labs®
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: In order to validate the concept, it was crucial that the prototype parts have the same mechanical characteristics as the final production versions. Strength, weight, load, injection stress-they ...
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Case Study:Customized Seal Solution For Cooper Perkins
Description: Seals become increasingly important when integrated technology and circuitry meet water vapour in a premium product ...
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How do you keep a project out of the weeds?
From: Stilwell Baker, Inc.Description: Project Management-it's a part of electronic product development most people would rather not think about, but effective project management can make the difference between a project that goes off the ...
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POP Case Study
Description: As a POP display manufacturer since 1939, Accurate Metal Fabricating understands the needs of the industry and delivers fast quotes and prototypes along with exacting manufacturing and assembly. ...
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Case Study:Redline Communication.. Selection of an appropriate material to meet specification while using a non-standard durometer
Description: Redline Communications is a leading producer of specialized outdoor wireless broadband radio systems that allow companies and governments to quickly, easily and securely roll out or extend networked ...
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Medical Packaging Inc. About Punch Cut Machine
From: IMET CorporationDescription: The punch cut machine is a medical packaging machine that puts pills in individual packages. Pills are loaded in a carousel which indexes to a location where the pill drops and is heat sealed in an ...
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Medical Packaging Inc.- Multidose Drug Dispenser
From: IMET CorporationDescription: The MDD is a device that connects to a medical packaging machine and automatically loads the carousel. The device is universal with regards to pill size and shape. The user loads the pills into the ...
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Case Study:Beaver Medical...Easily, Rapidly And Accurately Measure The Pressure Within The Endotracheal Tube Cuff
Description: "The goal was to develop a simple and inexpensive way for a health care professional to easily, rapidly and accurately measure the pressure within the endotracheal tube cuff," says Dr. Spiegel. ...
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Design of Experiments / Formulation Development
Description: Traditional strategies for material development can be involved, requiring gradual iteration towards a target set of properties. Design of Experiments (DoE) allows a structured, statistically robust ...
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How to clean a boat
Description: A serious issue for any water-borne craft is that of marine fouling. Seaweed and sea life are remarkably adept at fixing to boat hulls. This condition causes two problems, firstly a substantial loss ...
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The Birth of a 12-Foot-Tall Metal Bull (.pdf)
From: Creaform Inc.Description: VectraFORM Engineering & Solutions Pvt Ltd is a Handyscan 3D distributor based out of Coimbatore in the southern part of India. In 2008, the company came across the opportunity to create a sacred, ...
