Webinars & Trade Shows

Join us for live webinars each month and watch on-demand webinars available at your convenience. You can also find us at trade shows around the country to discuss designing for manufacturability with onsite engineers.

The Basics of Sheet Metal Part Design

In our 1 hour webinar, we'll explore how to improve design for sheet metal components with a variety of features. Learn from industry experts regarding basics and several complex considerations when designing sheet metal parts.

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3D Printing Beyond Prototyping

An inside look at how industrial-grade 3D printing is increasingly being used as a valuable complement to conventional manufacturing processes.

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5 Ways to Master Complexity in Molded Features

In our presentation, we will look at designing complex geometries for rapid injection molding, applying a non-traditional, rapid manufacturing approach to a traditional procedure to accomplish intricacy.

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A Deep Dive Into Metal 3D Printing

This presentation compares flawed versus optimized geometry, discusses part design considerations, and explores secondary operations options to keep in mind when designing for DMLS.

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How to Place An Order in Your Account

This webinar will walk you through how to effectively leverage Protolabs’ ordering system to accelerate your time to market.

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What is Model-Based Definition and Why You Should Use It

Oboe Wu of SOLIDWORKS shares the benefits of MBD and how you can adopt this new approach to design.

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An Engineer's Guide to Thermoplastics

A guide on how to select the right material for your injection molding design.

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Designing for Multi Jet Fusion

We examine how to design parts for Multi Jet Fusion, HP’s new production-grade 3D printing technology.

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Digital Inspection for Injection Molding

Learn how product designers and engineers can use on-demand manufacturing to accelerate speed to market and reduce total cost of ownership.

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3D-Printed Molds vs. Metal Tooling

In this webinar, we’ll explore how 3D-printed molds compare to more traditional tooling options like steel and aluminum.

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Leveraging Rapid Prototyping

Learn about multiple rapid prototyping processes and when each is most beneficial to your project.

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Designing for PolyJet 3D Printing

Learn about key design elements, material options and post-build processes in this 45-minute live webinar.

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Getting to Market Faster with Rapid Manufacturing

See how automotive companies can leverage rapid manufacturing to accelerate product development and remain competitive in a fast-changing market.

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Design Essentials for Overmolding and Insert Molding

We discuss how to design for overmolding and insert molding processes, provide guidance on material compatibility, and share how to add strength to parts with metal inserts.

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Reducing Production Costs with On-Demand Manufacturing

Learn how on-demand manufacturing can help companies reduce total cost of ownership, increase speed to market, and handle unforeseen changes in demand after product launch.

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Selecting the Right Material for 3D Printing

We explore various 3D printing materials ranging from ABS-like plastics to commercial-grade nylons to fully dense metals. Included will be design guidelines for 3D printing processes at Protolabs.

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How to Design Efficient Parts for CNC Machining

Learn a number of ways to modify your CNC machining design to not only improve functionality, but reduce manufacturing costs.

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Designing for Metal 3D Printing

Direct metal laser sintering can produce fully dense metal parts with hollow features and complex, organic geometries. Learn why product designers are turning to DMLS for prototyping and end-use parts.

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How to Accelerate Medical Device Development

Medical device development can be reduced by weeks or even months with rapid manufacturing. We share how the digitalization of manufacturing reduces production costs, reduces lead times, and helps minimize design risks.

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Improving Manufacturability with ProtoQuote

We take you inside our interactive quoting system, ProtoQuote, to navigate our design feedback (DFM), real-time pricing, and proposed revision (PPR) features.

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Rapid Manufacturing for Plastic Parts

See how identifying quantity, lead time, and material requirements of your project early can help you determine the best manufacturing process for plastic parts.

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Space Symposium

The Protolabs team will be in Colorado Springs, CO from Apr. 16 - 19 at Space Symposium. We’ll be at booth #1510 at the Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center and we’d love for you to stop by.

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