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.

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Injection Molding: 3D-Printed Molds vs. Metal Tooling

In our 45-minute webinar, we'll compare the latest mold-making technology of 3D printing to quick-turn aluminum tooling and traditional steel tooling. It’s important to understand the pros and cons of each to determine which technique is suitable for your injection molding project. We'll discuss the various considerations of printed plastic molds and machined metal molds such as manufacturing time, cost, durability, and part quantities.

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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 3D Printing: PolyJet

Learn about key design elements, material options, and post-build processes to consider when developing parts for PolyJet 3D printing.

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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 Proto Labs.

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How to Design Efficient Parts for CNC Machining

CNC machining is one of the fastest ways to manufacture prototypes and end-use parts. Learn a number of ways to modify your part design to not only improve functionality, but reduce manufacturing costs.

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Designing for Selective Laser Sintering

Learn how to incorporate selective laser sintering into product development for more effective prototyping and accelerated speed to market. We discuss guidelines for part features, material selection, and how to designing for eventual moldability.

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How to Choose the Right Thermoplastic

Selecting the right material for an injection-molded part can be a complex process with thousands of thermoplastics on the market. We examine material properties and guidelines to help ensure you choose the right thermoplastic for your application.

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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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Designing for Stereolithography

Stereolithography can produce parts with small features, fine details, and exceptional surface finishes. Learn how to design parts that take full advantage of SL’s capabilities.

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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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ATLANTIC DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

The Proto Labs team will be in New York, NY from June 13-15 at AD&M. We’ll be at booth #409 in the Javits Convention Center and we’d love for you to stop by.

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