Design is a matter of balance: weight vs. strength, cost vs. quality, speed vs. accuracy, and so on. As development progresses, prototyping is an essential part of the balancing process, and ...

A critical phase during product design and development is verification of your design. Design verification can be attained either by simulation or prototyping. Prototyping is usually the preferred ...

Companies including packaging suppliers continue to leverage the agility of 3D printing to open new opportunities for themselves and for customers. One of the latest is Harpak-ULMA, which now offers a ...

In the previous article on this topic, I stated the importance of prototyping during product design and development to verify your design. I reviewed the many plastic prototyping options available to ...

These prototypes serve as invaluable assets for design verification and testing before full-scale production. Industries like aerospace, automotive, and medical, among others, leverage CNC machining ...

Melker of Sweden's new Värmdö kayak. Prototypes are how companies measure if a new product will sink or swim. At Melker of Sweden, a sport kayak maker, they take this product development stage quite ...

Speedpart adds Accura Xtreme Black SLA resin: deep-black, robust, high-detail 3D prints for form, fit and functional ...

The material is for medical, food, and pharmaceutical prototyping and production applications. ABS-M30i offers mechanical-property improvements over standard ABS including tensile, impact, and ...

Aluminum alloy cylinder head for engine or pump, showing oil channels. On the subject of rapid prototyping, 3D printing often dominates the conversation. The speed, digital flexibility, and low ...

A new rapid prototyping machine additively builds parts that end up looking as if they were injection molded. The ZBuilder Ultra from Z-Corp., Burlington, Mass., makes components using a digital light ...