Events

Join us for live webinars 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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Advancing Aerospace Development with Metal 3D Printing

GE Additive and Protolabs partner for this webinar to discuss the trends they are seeing in how metal additive is impacting the aerospace industry. They will discuss materials used in the manufacturing process, heat treatments, how the aerospace industry can leverage these capabilities, and more.

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How to Reduce Injection Molding Costs

Learn how to stretch your manufacturing dollar and reduce your piece-part price by optimizing your design and incorporating moldability analysis.

Increase Productivity with Extended Machining Capabilities

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Increase Productivity with Extended Machining Capabilities

Learn how to decrease time and overhead during development cycles with our extended machining capabilities.

A Deep Dive on Sheet Metal Forming and Features

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A Deep Dive on Sheet Metal Forming and Features

Dig into sheet metal fabrication equipment and forming techniques to learn how to better design sheet metal parts and manage costs.

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Going Big in Metal 3D Printing

Learn how to design for metal 3D printing and the additional considerations required for post-print processing and quality requirements.

Multi Jet Fusion

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Tips and Tricks to Leverage Multi Jet Fusion in your Product Development Cycle

The experts at HP and Protolabs have teamed up to give you key insights into Multi Jet Fusion materials, processing capabilities, and part quality.

Supply Chain Agility

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Supply Chain Agility: Benefits of a Flexible Inventory Model

Learn how to breakthrough traditional supply chain methodologies to become more agile and flexible to meet the demands of today’s market.

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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.

Moving From 3D Printing to Injection Molding

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Moving From 3D Printing to Injection Molding

This presentation will highlight strategies for transitioning from 3D printing to injection molding, including key considerations like geometries, materials, and timelines.

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Best Practices to Fast Track Design and Production Using Metal Additive

In our webinar co-hosted with GE Additive, industry experts take you on an in-depth journey through some common and not-so-common hurdles experienced when designing for metal 3D printing.

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Design Optimization for Multi Jet Fusion

This webinar explains how the MJF process works, its benefits and limitations, and how to improve MJF part design and quality.

Metal Manufacturing in the Age of Digital

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Metal Manufacturing in the Age of Digital

This webinar highlights the importance of balancing multiple manufacturing methods, such as sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining, and direct metal laser sintering.

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Production 3D Printing with Carbon DLS

This presentation shares how to design for Carbon DLS 3D printing, its material properties, and common applications and use-cases of the technology.

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A Deep Dive into Overmolding and Insert Molding

Learn how to design complex plastic parts with advanced processes like overmolding and insert molding.

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How to Avoid Cosmetic Defects on Molded Parts

Learn about what leads to cosmetic defects in plastic injection-molded parts, and provide tips that will help you create high-quality products.

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How to Reduce Costs and Accelerate Production of Machined Parts

In this webinar, we’ll share how to optimize your design for the subtractive manufacturing process and provide tips on how to accelerate production time and reduce part cost.

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Accelerate Continuous Improvement with 3D Printing

In this webinar, we’ll share how you can leverage additive manufacturing in your continuous improvement initiatives.

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How to Conquer the BattleBots Arena with Digital Manufacturing

Learn about the design and development of DUCK!, a fighting robot featured on the latest season of “BattleBots.”

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How Digitization Drives Quality Throughout Manufacturing

See how digital, automated manufacturing processes improve part quality and tracebility.

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How to Reduce Sheet Metal Design Risks and Production Costs

Learn which features create production risks and how to reduce those risks when drafting parts for sheet metal fabrication.

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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 Develop a Low-Volume Product Strategy Around Industry 4.0

We’ll examine how to unlock revenue opportunities with low-volume production and mass customization.

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3D Printing: Industrial vs. Desktop

Compare desktop and industrial-grade 3D printing capabilities and project considerations to determine the best process for your application.

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The Basics of Sheet Metal Part Design

In this presentation, we’ll examine how to design several common features found on sheet metal parts, including reliefs, offsets, holes, slots, and hems while keeping these guidelines in mind.

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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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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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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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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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Fast Track Design and Production Using Metal Additive

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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Visit Our Virtual Booth

Since we are unable to engage at our upcoming trade shows, we are bringing our trade show booth to you! Stay in your comfy clothes and join us for an interactive exhibit, exciting announcements, the opportunity to speak with live technical experts, and more.