We've revolutionized manufacturing once again with our all-new digital experience engineered with you—our customer—in mind. From quoting to production and quality control, we've rebuilt our entire manufacturing system around speed to help transform ideas to products and optimize manufacturing throughout the product life cycle. At the heart of the system is our ecommerce platform for quoting and ordering parts. And we'd love to you show you around.
Protolabs x 3D Hubs
Anodizing and Chromate Plating for Machined Parts
How to Work With Us
Upload a CAD File
To start, simply a select a manufacturing process and upload a 3D CAD file.
We can accept the following file types:
> SolidWorks (.sldprt)
> ProE (.prt)
> IGES (.igs)
> STEP (.stp)
> ACIS (.sat)
> Parasolid (.x_t or .x_b)
> .stl files
Design Analysis is Performed
Within a few hours we'll send you design for manufacturability (DFM) analysis and real-time pricing.
Along with accurate pricing, our interactive quote will call out any difficult to manufacture features based on the manufacturing process you have selected. This can range from difficult to mold undercuts to deep holes on machined parts.
Manufacturing Begins
Once you review your quote and place your order, we'll start the manufacturing process. We also offer finishing options.
We offer a variety of finishing options for all manufacturing services. These can range from powder coat finishing and anodizing to basic assembly and threaded inserts.
Parts are Shipped!
Our digital manufacturing process allows us to produce parts in as fast as 1 day
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