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This video will look at a common problem when designing parts for injection moulding, undercuts. The most common piece of advice you will get, is avoid them if you can, but sometimes you can’t. With this in mind, we will give a handful of tips that can help alleviate design issues caused by them.

20240119-Protolabs Insight: Undercut Fundamentals

Metal parts have always been the gold standard in applications, so it may come as surprising that many industries are now replacing metal parts with plastic injection-moulded ones. This video looks at some reasons for this including, weight, finishes, strength, longevity, recyclability, cost.

20240119-Protolabs Insight: Replacing Metal with Plastics

Looking to reduce costs by outsourcing production to a rapid manufacturer? This video looks at the things to consider with this in mind including, speed, bridge tooling, cost per part, multi-cavity moulds, supply chain risks and product life cycles.

20240119-Protolabs Insight: On Demand Manufacturing

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.

20240119-Protolabs Insight: Design Cube

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.

Protolabs helps take coffee to new heights

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