Proto Labs Inc. is expanding its capabilities past its historical prototyping specialty over the next five years to conform to customers' more "traditional" processing and full-service production ...

First Mold, an injection molding and rapid tooling specialist, is moving its prototype division closer to its Gangkou Industrial Park facility to solve problems related to production inefficiencies.

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 ...

Prototype mold makers are adopting 3-D printers to make injection mold tooling capable of turning out parts in standard machines with standard resins. While the printers have some limitations, ...

A team at Budapest University has successfully created a functional injection mold for prototyping by using a Stratasys 3D printer. Prototype injection molds are expensive. They are typically machined ...

Recently [Stefan] of CNC Kitchen took a gander at using his gaggle of 3D printers to try injection molding (IM). Although the IM process generally requires metal molds and specialized machinery, 3D ...

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 ...