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The Company plans to showcase its several latest Inspire 3D printers, and slicing software "Model Wizard" at Euromold. It will also present other personal 3d printers. During the event, Tiertime will introduce promotions for 3D printers.
Tiertime Beijing has been well known RP vendor inside Chinese RP industry, and it is also known as Beijing Yinhua. Euromold is the first international appearance for Tiertime Beijing.
"This is an exciting moment for Tiertime to join the international RP and 3D printing community. " says Joseph Guo, Director of International Sales and Marketing of Tiertime, "Euromold is the best opportunity for Tiertime to show Tiertime's commitment to easing the adoption barrier of 3D printing for all industries. 'Affordable and Quality 3D printer for all' has been Tiertime's promise to 3D printing community, and we would like to contribute more to our customers all around the world."
About Tiertime
Tiertime (http://www.Tiertime.com/en) is specialized in manufacturing equipments for rapid prototyping and 3D printing industry. Its technology is based on MEM (Melted and Extrusion Modeling).
Headquartered in Beijing, China, Tiertime was founded in 2003. For further details about Tiertime, please visit http://www.tiertime.com/en or call +8610-69667183.
The Protoshield for Arduino is a shield that sits on top of the Arduino board and allows you to create your own shield. Is like using the breadboard for prototyping, but making the project more permanent. It is very useful when you create a prototype and then you want to make it pseudo permanent and sit reliably on top of the Arduino board. KIT requires assembly and soldering Includes: PCB, 1 10-pin female header, 2 8-pin female header, 2 6-pin female header, 1 2x3 female header2 tactile switches, 1 3-pin male header, 1 jumper, 1 4-position terminal block for attaching wires.
To assemble the Protoshield for an Arduino R3 board, use 1 10-pin female header, 2 8-pin female header, 1 6-pin female header, 1 2x3 female header, 2 switches, 1 3-pin male header, 1 jumper and the 4 position terminal block. After assembling the board, 1 6-pin female header will be left unused. To assemble the Protoshield for Arduino UNO R2 or older boards (Arduino UNO R2, Arduino UNO R1, Arduino Duemilanove, Freeduino, Seeeduino), use 2 8-pin female headers, 2 6-pin female headers, 1 2x3 female header, 1 3-pin male header, 1 jumper, 2 tactile switches, 1 4 position terminal block. After assembling the board, 1 10-pin female header will be left unused.
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Traditionally, designers are limited to the hinge tooling that their production sheet metal fabricator has in inventory unless they are willing to pay up to $5,000 and wait 2 or more weeks for tooling to produce their specific hinge design geometry. Rapid Sheet Metal Inc recognized that this compromised the flexibility of its customers when designing sheet metal parts such as enclosures, boxes, doors and covers. After hearing multiple tales of frustration, Rapid Sheet Metal Inc investigated the feasibility of a low cost, fast turn custom hinge tooling system and in quick order, was able to implement it.
Custom hinge tooling can be manufactured for rapid sheet metal® parts made of aluminum, cold rolled steel and stainless steel. In addition, Rapid Sheet Metal Inc offers in-house powder coating of any design, which provides a durable, colored finish and out-sourced plating services.
Rapid Sheet Metal Inc focuses strictly on providing rapid sheet metal® prototypes and time sensitive short run fabrications to new product developers and engineers. Typical quote response time is under 24 hours and most parts are shipped in one to two weeks. A 48-hour fast expedite prototype sheet metal service is also available. Parts such as brackets, racks, housings, and enclosures are fabricated to data from Solidworks, Pro/E, Inventor, KeyCreator/ Cadkey, SpaceClaim and other 3D CAD data sources from stainless steel, cold rolled steel and aluminum.
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Due to the nature of their business, Prototek was having difficulty with same day to one week turn times. Tight deliveries from their qualified outside process vendors were becoming more difficult, and they were running out of capacity for the increased volume of prototypes. Decreased quality and extended lead-times are inevitable when dealing with vendors, so Prototek started in-house powder coating, painting, silk screening, plating, and anodizing operations. "This gives us full control over quality and same day finish, allowing our customers to receive high quality, custom complex parts faster than ever."
The next big obstacle for Prototek was punching parts quickly and efficiently while maintaining the ability to cut intricate geometry. "We were actually punching some parts on our Amada Vipros, then taking those same parts and laser cutting complex contours on our 4000 watt Amada Pulsar laser. It just took too long. After speaking with Steve Yongsma with Amada America, he suggested the new Amada LC-C1 laser/punch combo". The Amada LC-C1 is the ultimate punch and laser combo, providing flexibility without compromise. A 2.5 kW laser oscillator provides speed, and a vacuum integrated into the turret to remove slugs allows for rapidity and punching geometry 50% smaller than a standard punch press. It has four built in tapping heads, three forming stations, and also countersinks holes.
"Prototek was operating three shifts for punching and laser cutting, which were running at 90% capacity. It was three months ago now we installed the LC-C1, and it has made a tremendous difference in our turn times. We had six employees working in our secondaries department countersinking and tapping, but now four of those employees have moved on to more specialized fields. Since incorporating the LC-C1, Prototek's sales have increased by another 15%. Additionally, we are now running only 2 shifts in the laser, punch, and laser/punch combo departments at 80% capacity! The LC-C1 is the perfect prototype manufacturing cell for Prototek."
Prototek continues to be the fastest rapid prototype company in the country and quite possibly the world.
About Prototek Sheet Metal Fabrication
Prototek Manufacturing started in October of 1987 specializing in Rapid Prototyping of Precision sheetmetal for the hi-tech industries.Our Facility is a new 40,000 sq. ft. Building. We currently have 65 employees and have expanded into rapid turn machined parts, SLA and 3D printing. We are home to state of the art welding and bending departments, and we can also meet customers' needs for precision custom lathing and milling requirements. Our niche has always been a solid commitment to on-time deliveries of quality products. We fabricate from 3D solid models or CAD (computer aided design) files, and keep a constant supply of necessary materials. These include stainless steel, cold rolled steel, and aluminum sheet, tube, angle, and channel, lexan and other plastics, copper sheet and bar, spring steel, mirrored stainless, and a large stock of hardware. We are currently ISO 9001:2008 certified and also ITAR and DFAR compliant.
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Here is an excerpt from the new Laminated Object Manufacturing and LOM Prototyping webpage:
“How does Laminated Object Manufacturing Work? The LMO is used to manufacture 3 – D objects that are cut on the basis of the geometrical data that is available with the system. The laser that is used in the LMO is a carbon dioxide laser that is capable of creating cross sections of 3 – D objects successively, from layers of foil, usually paper. The back of the 3 – D object that is created has a polyethylene coating on it.
The computer with the help of which the LMO runs, has the ability to slice a solid 3 – D model into 2 – D cross sections that are thin. Every cross section would have a thickness that is equivalent to the thickness of each of the materials that is used for the process of prototyping.”
The new Laminated Object Manufacturing Rapid Prototype page is free information to members and non-members and can be found at: http://www.prototypezone.com/. However, users of Prototype Zone who decide to be members can join for free and receive two free E-Books on Rapid Prototyping for a limited time offer. Prototype Zone will be adding new information all the time on Rapid Prototyping so check back often in the forum and blog for the latest information at: http://www.prototypezone.com/prototype-forum/laminated-ob...
About Prototype Zone: Prototype Zone is the leading information source and community website for all things about Prototyping and Rapid Prototyping. Visit the website to join for free and receive two free ebooks on Rapid Prototyping for a limited time offer.
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“Electronic School Supply is a perfect partner for SchmartBoard’s educational market goals,” said SchmartBoard VP of Marketing Neal Greenberg. “They can do something that we can’t - namely integrate SchmartBoards into kits. Many schools are only now making the transition from yesterday’s though hole technology to today’s surface mount technology. It is imperative for education to do this if they want students to have realistic industry experience in their curriculum. With the help of Electronic School Supply, we can make this transition less painful.”
“Many of our customers prefer the Custom Lab Kits as a method of saving time, inventory maintenance, and money,” says Sue Terry, ESS President. “ESS also recognizes that there are many choices of components in the market today. SchmartBoard will give us the competitive edge in helping our customers’ transition into SMT components. We plan to begin integrating them into kits for many customers who are ready to make this change.”
About SchmartBoard (www.schmartboard.com)
SchmartBoardTM is committed to helping engineers, students and hobbyists develop electronic circuits faster, easier, and less expensively than previously possible. SchmartBoard’s patented Electronic Circuit Building Blocks makes this possible. SchmartBoard’s “EZ” Technology and Solder By NumbersTM program makes the soldering of surface mount components and circuit creation accessible to virtually anyone.
About Electronic School Supply, inc. (www.esssales.com)
Electronic School Supply is a one-stop shopping source for the entire electronic classroom needs. In our website you will find top-quality equipment and components supplied by name brand manufacturers. We specialize in Custom Lab Kits designed to your specifications.
The SchmartBoard system is the fastest and easiest electronic circuit prototyping system ever conceived. The system supports through hole and surface mount components.
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“Kevin’s experience in a variety of industries offers our clients a fresh approach to product development,” says Jack Lawson, Co-owner and President of Catalyst PDG. “from automotive to appliance to medical, Kevin understands what it takes to design, engineer and manufacture products that successfully compete in the market place, while meeting tight deadlines, which exactly what our customers need.”
Schulte earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Central Michigan University and has more then 20 years of experience in the product development and plastics industry, is an active member of the Society of Plastics Engineers and local community activities.
Catalyst is a product development company offering a Mind to Market approach to product development including concept development, industrial design, engineering, design validation, marketing research, rapid tooling and short run manufacturing.
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Prototype machining claims test of machines to a maximum limit. They help you test the product before going through metal fabrication welding process and creating the final product. There are many aspects and errors that get cleared during the execution of these tests. Prototype testing helps to recover costs spent when the final product or machine goes to production.
What is a Prototype machine?
A prototype machine is utilized to produce or construct prototypes for design projects. This whole process involves incising a prototype model from different materials used as a three-dimensional CNC milling machine. CNC stands for computer numerical control machine.
The built of a CNC machine is very different. These machines consist of a high speed machine head, who takes care of the three-dimensional movements during the process. The head is also equipped with a chuck, where the series of cutting tool bits inserted systematically. Head plays a vital role in the whole mechanism. It moves over a block of model material that slowly remove the layers from the machine, until the finished prototype is revealed. This is how a basic prototype is designed.
Basically, a prototype machine managed by CAD programs, where the digital model of the prototype has been designed by the design team.
Prototype machining is the process of designing products which models of a particular product is formulated prior to the acceptance of the final product. This process saves significant amounts of time and money during the manufacture of the product.
The need for and importance of Prototype machining and modeling
Rapid Prototyping technology is a widely used treatment in order to produce the final components in the final product. For example, if you consider design and print parts of a car or furniture, help prototyping machines you with transforming machines. Prototypic production is an integral part of any design process. Prototypes give design teams and their designs conclusive evidence for the concept of feedback that also involves unexpected errors and idiosyncrasies that probably will take place in stages of production and development. It also helps the public and investors to think about what their final product will look like.
In addition, the actual demand for the building of the prototype models to include the different levels of functionality, allows designers to evaluate and demonstrate their product and target market. This whole process is called subtractive modeling method. There are plenty other ways that designers produce prototypes, which include computer numeric control (CNC) machining, rapid prototyping and casting.
In a nutshell, the metal fabrication, welding process helps to create models and products, which gives a refined sensation and the edge of the final product. Prototype machining service helps you do. If you want to buy this effective piece of equipment, the Internet is the preferred medium to watch out for buying this equipment.
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Design 1st is the design engine behind multiple companies in widely different industries going from the idea to millions of dollars in sales in under 3 years. Companies including the We-Vibe® from Standard Innovation; Christie M-series™- next-generation cinema projectors; the outdoor network that connects you on the beach at your Caribbean resort – BelAir Outdoor Wireless Base Station family; ProDrive Systems - dental replacement turbines; Pliant Enterprise Flash drives - a startup 2008 recently purchased by SANDISK for $325M; the interactive displays for public interactive spaces - Gesturetek GestDisplay™ and GestTable™; the infant tags that track your baby in a hospital - Stanley Healthcare Pedz™ Tag and Securaband™, plus many more.
Design 1st provides a range of services related to bringing a product to market including securing intellectual property for products that will create business advantage by differentiating themselves from their competition through maximum user experience and value, competitive pricing and faster time-to-market. Well connected with hundreds of manufacturers around the world, Design 1st provides robust development processes, a depth of expertise in the selection of materials, components and part design to meet production requirements and achieve low cost. For more than 30 new clients each year, Design 1st is at the center of transforming clients’ innovation into useful, marketable products.
Design 1st, a senior product design and engineering team with 25 years experience, serving clients in Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. We balance a products technical objectives with a user's expectation to produce professional designed products
Now that you've finally got your hands on a Raspberry Pi® , you're probably itching to make some fun embedded computer projects with it. What you need is an add on prototyping Pi Plate from Adafruit, which can snap onto the Pi PCB (and is removable later if you wish) and gives you all sorts of prototyping goodness to make building on top of the Pi super easy. We added lots of basic but essential goodies. First up, there's a big prototyping area, half of which is 'breadboard' style and half of which is 'perfboard' style so you can wire up DIP chips, sensors, and the like.
Along the edges of the proto area, all the GPIO/I2C/SPI and power pins are broken out to 0.1" stips so you can easily connect to them. On the edges of the prototyping area, all of the breakout pins are also connected to labeled 3.5mm screw-terminal blocks. This makes it easy to semi-permanently wire in sensors, LEDs, etc. There's also a 4-block terminal block broken out to 0.1" pads for general non-GPIO wiring. Finally, we had a little space remaining over the metal connectors so we put in an SOIC surface mount chip breakout area, for those chips that dont come in DIP format. Raspberry Pi not Included
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We are dedicated to supplying our customers with parts of the highest quality. At Sun Manufacturing, we maintain a documented quality system that provides traceability to raw material, production, and outside process records. Our punch press capabilities consist of over 26 punch presses ranging from 22 tons to 275 tons. Our clean pressroom produces over 175 million parts a year. We incorporate Rapid-Air and Servo roll feeds to insure highly accurate and consistent feeds for our progressive tools and progressive die.
We do stainless stamping on material ranging from aluminum to stainless steel, including spring steel, brass, copper, tinplate, and more. We can even work with materials that are galvanized, painted, rubber coated anodized, or even laminated. We are capable of handling most of your exotic metal needs when it comes to our quality metal stamping. Our staff takes pride in keeping a clean, safe working environment.
Our precision tooling department is state of the art. We have an experienced staff of tool and die design experts. We currently have 6 Bridgeport mills, 4 lathes, and a high-tech wire EDM in operation. With the help of our expert staff, we handle all of our precision tooling needs in-house. We also maintain extensive service records on all of our precision tooling. With the use of our wire EDM we have the ability to produce all of our tooling components in-house. This gives us a cost-efficient and timely turn around on tooling service and repair as with new tool production.
We currently have 13 resistance welders ranging from 35 - 50 kVA in operation. We also use plasma seam welding. Our engineering department is proficient in CAD design and will work with you from start to finish on designing your new tooling or modifying existing tools. They are truly experts in tool and die design and engineering prototypes.
Please peruse our website to find out more about our services including: quality metal stamping, prototyping, precision metal forming, progressive die, and more! We can work with many metals, such as aluminum, spring steel, brass, copper, tinplate, stainless steel, and more. We can also work with treated metals, including those that are galvanized, painted, rubber-coated anodized, or laminated. We are also experts in stainless stamping, precision metal forming and engineering prototypes. We offer local delivery and can handle any of your out of state shipping needs.
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The Sabre engine is being developed by Reaction Engines and combines the features of both jet and rocket engines in a single power plant. This has been designed for use with the Skylon unpiloted and reusable single stage to orbit (SSTO) winged spaceplane, which is expected to provide low cost access to space, by delivering a payload of up to 12 tonnes into an equatorial low Earth orbit and then returning to earth using conventional runways. If required, the craft can then be readied for a return journey within hours, compared with several months that are required for current rocket assisted spacecraft.
Two Sabre engines will be fitted to Skylon, one on each wingtip, and operate by using a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen for fuel, both of which are stored in special tanks on-board. In practice, the engine will burn oxygen taken from the outside air at heights of up to 30km and at speeds up to Mach 5, and thereafter will draw oxygen from the on-board tanks to accelerate to orbital speeds at around Mach 25. Key to the effectiveness of the Sabre engines are extremely efficient, lightweight heat exchangers, which cool the incoming air to cryogenic temperatures before it is highly compressed and mixed with the hydrogen prior to combustion.
Simon Feast, Project Engineer at Reaction Engines, explains that, “Although our Sabre hybrid engine technology was originally produced for the Skylon project, we are now developing the concept further, for use in hypersonic passenger and commercial aircraft and wanted to showcase this at the recent Farnborough International Airshow. For various reasons, we had just a few weeks to commission and complete this project and therefore chose to work with Gemini Prototyping, selecting the company as they were both local to our head office in Abingdon and, more importantly, because they were able to offer all the services that we required in-house”.
Gemini Prototyping specialises in product design and development, with a full range of production facilities, including 3D CAD design and virtual prototyping, traditional model making, stereolithography (SLA), selective laser sintering (SLS), vacuum casting, injection and blow moulding, and CNC machining.
The company’s Director, Richard Pike, highlights the benefits that this brought to the Sabre project, “The tight timescale, plus the fact that Reaction Engines did not at that stage have detailed working drawings, meant that we had to create a 3D CAD virtual model, including all of the internal components and assemblies, before building each part, dry assembling to test fit and then finish, painting and final assembly. Additionally, as the size of the model, measuring over 3m in length, was far too large for us to use rapid prototyping systems we had to return to traditional model making techniques for the larger components, with the smaller parts being made using SLS and CNC machines.
The fact that we could do all of this in-house enabled us to meet the tight deadlines and to work closely with Reaction Engines; in particular, we were able to exchange ideas and drawings that helped to evolve existing component designs so that they could be produced in the most efficient manner possible.”
The engine nacelle was produced using traditional pattern making techniques, working in glass fibre, while smaller parts such as the compressor, pre-cooler, after-burner and pipework were manufactured by SLA and SLS or machined from aluminium, resin board and ABS, and then hand finished.
Simon Feast concludes, “The combination of traditional skills with the latest rapid prototyping and finishing technology is unusual these days, but allowed Gemini Prototyping to provide us with a superb model that was finished to the highest standards, on time and within budget. Indeed, the Sabre model was a terrific success at the Farnborough Airshow as it attracted a huge amount of interest, both for the engine technology involved and for the complexity, detail and quality of the finished model”.
For further information contact Richard Pike, Gemini Prototyping Ltd, Unit 20 Wornal Park, Menmarsh Rd, Worminghall, Bucks, HP18 9JX. Tel: 01844 339857. www.geminiprototyping.co.uk.
This information was written by 4CM.
Contact the Account Management Team. Tel: 01296 660080. Fax: 01296 662274.
Email: info.gemini@4cm.co.uk
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Prototype Today announced additions to their prototyping and manufacturing interactive website: PrototypeToday.com. The site offers a source of trusted information and resources for professionals to stay up-to-date on the most relevant industry information. Prototype Today officially went online in beta form on November, 1st 2010 and is receiving a positive response from companies in the industry. Prototype Today’s goal is to offer a centralized database of information and content for a vast audience, from service bureau owners to garage inventors.
One of the most popular sections on the site has been the industry directory, where industry leaders can post in depth company information for free. The directory includes photos and videos, which has a great impact on attracting interest among potential customers, all at no charge. Companies can also update their page by attaching files for brochures and literature. Visitors looking for a specific service or organization will benefit from the targeted categories and speedy access.
Prototype Today also features a job board section where companies can submit job opportunities to attract the best talent in the industry. Detailed company information can be posted on an employment specific profile page and many tools are available to simplify the application process for both employers and job seekers. Job seekers can take advantage of this section by uploading their resume and profile to our database, which is searched daily by employers looking for talent.
In addition to the directory and job board, the site offers many interactive tools used to collaborate and share information including a forum, chat room, article comments and a social profile that can be customized with user details. These tools offer communication and collaboration for a variety of topics and problems that people may be having. The media section features the latest videos, pictures and podcasts submitted by staff members, businesses and visitors. News is updated on PrototypeToday.com daily and contains selected press releases and articles submitted for consideration by registered companies. Content for all sections may be submitted to: Info@PrototypeToday.com for consideration. The site strives to level the playing field for companies across the industry by allowing anyone to submit relevant quality content for inclusion.
For those who like to get out and network, the events section lists upcoming industry events and members may submit events that are not listed. Networking in person is still a very effective way to meet new customers and see the latest technology company’s offer. Any questions or submissions can be directed to Brett Johnson, the web development manager at:
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It is a great kit to new Arduino users and geeks who have sparkling ideas. You can choose to do soldering in the soldering area. You can also make good use of the mini breadboard which can save your time of soldering. Try any circuit you want to the Arduino. You also can choose to use your own breadboard.
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SchmartBoard plans to sign a number of international distributors over the next two quarters. The launch last quarter of SolderByNumbers.com has begun to create a need for better product availability of SchmartBoards for users outside of the U.S. The new site shows visitors exactly where to solder components to build circuits on SchmartBoards. This patent pending technology combined with SchmartBoard’s easy soldering solutions means that an influx of electronics “newbies” can build circuits using SchmartBoards.
“Watterott Electronic is a perfect distributor for SchmartBoard, said SchmartBoard VP of Marketing Neal Greenberg. “They specialize in circuit development tools and they are small enough to assure that SchmartBoard has the focus to be a success in Germany. We plan to sign new distributors in a number of important markets including Australia, Asia, South America and underserved parts of Europe.”
Watterott Electronic (www.watterott.com) currently supplies Europe with development boards, PCB supplies, JTAG products, soldering supplies, components and more. The company feels that the SchmartBoard line will add significant value to its customer base by resolving a major issue, namely the need to make prototyping circuits easier, faster and less expensive.
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SchmartBoardTM is committed to helping engineers, students and hobbyists develop electronic circuits faster, easier, and less expensively than previously possible. SchmartBoard’s patented Electronic Circuit Building Blocks makes this possible. SchmartBoard’s “EZ” Technology and Solder By NumbersTM program makes the soldering of surface mount components and circuit creation accessible to virtually anyone.
The SchmartBoard system is the fastest and easiest electronic circuit prototyping system ever conceived. The system supports through hole and surface mount components.
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Rapid prototyping machines are definitely qualifies as high-tech machining. The process that is required and that a rapid prototyping machine is doing is absolutely fantastic. Computer generated and posted, then sent to the machine in order to develop building layer upon layer of materials, until a final product is developed is absolutely amazing.
So, how does all this work? To begin with, you have to develop some sort of graphics, model, etc. by means of a computer program as CAD (computer aided drafting). In this program you will design your "idea" and then the program will take cross-sections, little by little, until the "idea" has been deconstructed. The program will then send the information to the machine where the machine reconstructs the "idea" layer upon layer, until a final prototype is formed. Yes, all this is definitely confusing, but really simple if you put it in layman's terms.
In layman's terms, imagine that you have an element (an element will work) and you have a 3D-image of this on a computer program. You then use the program and shows all cross-sections of image (lines going everywhere) and then each section is removed begins at the top, goes all the way down until nothing is left. The program then shoots the information over to the rapid prototyping machine where it begins to build the item back up, layer after layer.
Rapid prototyping machine using materials such as liquid, powder or a sheet material and then sets this material down, layer upon layer, cross section of cross-section, all the way back up, until there is an actual model of the item that you had on your machine. You have literally taken a picture on your computer screen and through the technology you have now created the actual product itself, though it may not build out of the right material. Basically, it is just a model of the item.
"Fast" may not be the case. Depending on what item you create, it can actually take several hours to several days to complete. Whatever the case maybe, it is just completely amazing technology.
Rapid prototyping machines are now being investigated for the next new technology, and it's rapid manufacturing. Can you imagine what rapid manufacturing could create? Where technology like this takes us next?
Rapid prototyping machines cost a very beautiful "penny", so to speak. But this type of technology does not come cheap and the possibilities of what can be created from it is unthinkable.
There are several manufacturers that offer rapid prototyping machines. To learn more about these amazing machines and the technology involved, you should contact one of the producers. They can help to explain what this process really consists of, and might even give you a demonstration of the machine. If it is something that you are very interested in adding to your shop then contact the manufacturer and Learn how you too can benefit from this technology.
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“Our customers will realize benefits immediately as the 3D printing process can create an ABS prototype in hours, where with conventional methods, it used to take days or even weeks. Now, R & D teams will not only have the opportunity to improve the performance of their product, but it will also cut expenses and improve the time it takes to release their new product to the marketplace,” explains John Brusseau, President of A.P. Extrusion.
A.P. Extrusion invested in the Dimension Printer in response to the growing demand of its customers who were looking for more efficient processes to experiment with numerous design iterations without the added expense. In developing a 3D prototype of their product before putting it into full production provides them with the opportunity to explore the functionality and quality of a part early in the development phase, thereby reducing risk of product failure.
Regardless of the simplicity or complexity of a parts’ design, the many applications of 3D printing offer designers and engineers with practical advantages—they can:
? Develop numerous design concepts to assist design teams in exploring new ideas in product development
? Evaluate the form, fit and function to ensure all parts are meeting design specifications
? Identify design flaws early in the product development phase
? Reduce manufacturing expenses as costly errors are eliminated, also improving time-to-market
A.P. Extrusion’s has the in-house capabilities to create a 3D prototype of plastic parts for a wide range of industries to include but are not limited to medical devices, automotive, pharmaceutical processing, computer equipment, industrial, semiconductor, and food and beverage industry.
Companies interested in learning more about the competitive advantages that 3D printing provides are encouraged to contact A.P. Extrusion for more information at 603.890.1086 or at info@apextrusion.com.
A.P. Extrusion, Inc. located in Salem, New Hampshire, is a New England-based manufacturer of small diameter plastic tubing and a 3D printing service provider. We have over 20 year of experience in the custom, plastic, and medical tubing industries. Our experienced staff of engineers and designers will work with your company to manufacture your prototypes and products. For more information, please contact us at 603.890.1086 or at info@apextrusion.com.
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Designers are presented with a myriad of choices when preparing work for manufacture. Whether professionals or students, they must be thoroughly knowledgeable about how their designs can be produced efficiently and effectively.Price: $29.95
Prototype machining is preferred when it comes to trials. Develop a new concept is difficult and time consuming, when the process is vague. In order to facilitate the problem of loss of such type of prototyping can be done. It shows how the machine will react under certain circumstances. There are devices that defies and capture every action of the new created machine. Use of prototype machining is basically done when there is a need to create a test machine. Well, this test can be used in the machine for different purposes. It may be creating a new technology or even the creation of new product. If you have solved any types of changes required then it may be and now itself. It also shows if there is a need to modify or change any specific process.
The Internet is the preferred source for prototype machining. The Internet is filled with such processing websites that offer high end. Online offer is preferable because all care and problems are attended to. Most of the sites offer free delivery service; It will save big transport costs, as you may need to shell out of pocket. Price comparison is another feature that can be taken into account when making an online purchase. As there are many websites posted on the Internet, you can easily check for preferred website available at a low price. You can even check for the type of service provided with handle. Quality is something you must be well versed in approaching such places. There are previous opinions written by clients, that can be checked to know the reputation of the company. These statements will give you a broad idea on their customer service.
Prototype machining is therefore the preferred tool for industrial planning. The company need not waste large amounts by giving a final order, and then repent for its losses later. They can instead create a, test it, change it, if required, and then give the final order for production purposes. It is the preferred way to resolve the development issue. Various types of design and technology can be tested with the use of such processing. It is advanced and programmed using a computer. All the programming step is taken by the onboard computer, which is installed in the unit. Basic and advanced types of job are also taken care of such machining services for prototyping requirements.
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Augmented reality (AR) is used all over, and you may not even realize it. Smartphones overlay data onto live camera views to show homes for sale, restaurants, or historical sites. American football broadcasts use AR to show the invisible first-down line on the field to TV viewers. Nike and Budweiser, among others, have used AR in ads. Now, you can learn to create AR prototypes using 3D data, Processing open-source programming language, and other languages. This unique book is an easy-to-follow guide on how to do it.
Author Tony Mullen is both an artist and a programmer and perfectly suited to explain how to bridge these two worlds, as he so deftly does in Prototyping with Augmented Reality.
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Schmit Prototypes has become the recognized name for the highest quality prototypes and superior customer service. They pride themselves on producing the finest models and prototypes available anywhere. Schmit Prototypes will work closely with your team to ensure that your requirements are met in the most cost-effective, time-efficient manner.
Schmit Prototypes has been in business since 1980. We are a nationally known, full service prototype company with customers and clients all over the United States.
Schmit Prototypes offers several low-cost prototyping services and specialize in the medical, consumer, industrial and military industries. Visit http://www.schmitprototypes.com for more information
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Prototype machining as the name indicates is the process where prototypes or models are developed before manufacture large machining parts or products. This helps to do away with the lacunas that is associated with the direct manufacture of animal products.
With computer solutions used in almost all areas of life, it has the impact of the working arena. And therefore, CNC machining is rapidly replacing the conventional machine prototyping. So what does CNC stand for? Well, it is an abbreviation for ' computer numerical control ' working and it allows computer-controlled machining. With CNC machining, prototype, you can expect greater levels of efficiency through higher levels of automation process.
While critics of this process, accusing it of being too expensive to develop models and replicas, its proponents believe that faster and accurate results negate all of that. It also reduces the adequate workload and prevents errors in connection with conventional methods to the prototype machining. In addition, due to automated control, expenditure in connection with the recruitment of additional manpower for is reduced to a great Extend.
In fact, some CNC machines is so effective that you can actually leave it unattended and put your focus and effort on some other tasks. Thus you can do multi-tasking with these machines! In the end, it also reduces unjustified accidents that now you don't have to worry about worker safety with automated control, working on their own when you switch ' on ' button.
The best thing however, is that this with CNC machining, prototype, you can get prototypes just anytime. Since these machines are working 24 X 7, you don't have to worry about worker fatigue and even gets faster results with zero errors. In addition, in contrast to manual machining each product in this type of computer processing are exact replicas of each other. There would be no variations, which usually happens with traditional and manual production methods.
Now, you would ask, "what about customized products?" If all products are copies of each other CNC prototype machining has the answers for this as well. CNC-machines are flexible. You can program these as per your requirements and specifications for the prototypes, to suit your ideas.
So the next time you're thinking prototype machining, CNC and get the best results in the fastest possible time.
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"Whatever the item a company intends to produce, creating a prototype is crucial to the design process. Moldmakers would be wise to stay on top of technology developments and consider their use to improve the service they provide. Following are four reasons why prototyping is important" says Steve. http://www.schmitprototypes.com
Some important steps in the prototyping process include evaluating and testing the design, clarifying production costs and issues, selling the product to others and patents. Each step makes it much easier to sit down with a patent attorney and see what design aspects may be patentable. On the reverse side, it is possible to see what parts of the prototype and design violate patents of other individuals and how they can be changed before production—and the chance of a lawsuit—begins.
Schmit Prototypes has been in business since 1980. We are a nationally known, full service prototype company with customers and clients all over the United States.
Schmit Prototypes offers several low-cost prototyping services and specialize in the medical, consumer, industrial and military industries. Visit http://www.schmitprototypes.com for more information
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Prototyping vs Rapid Prototyping Process is a new webpage that was just added to the new Prototyping Website that has just been released. This new Prototype Machining webpage has all of the information you need to know of Prototyping vs Rapid Prototyping and the main information you need to know on Prototyping Technologies. You can visit this Prototyping vs Rapid Prototyping Process webpage at: http://www.prototypezone.com/prototype/
Here is an excerpt from the new Prototyping vs Rapid Prototyping webpage:
“The word ‘rapid’ can be used relatively. The construction of models using present-day methods could take time ranging from a few hours to a few days. This depends on the technique used, along with the complexity and size of the model. The additive systems take less time. They can produce models within some hours. Some techniques such as ‘solid freedom fabrication’ make use of two materials for construction of parts. The 1st material is known as ‘part material’ and the 2nd one as ‘support material’. The removal of support material takes place by heat. It might also be dissolved with water or any other solvent. When it comes to manufacture of plastic products, that too in large quantities, injection molding proves to be a cheaper alternative.”
The new Prototyping vs Rapid Prototyping page is free information to members and non-members and can be found at: http://www.prototypezone.com/. However, users of Prototype Zone who decide to be members can join for free and receive two free E-Books on Rapid Prototyping for a limited time offer. Prototype Zone will be adding new information all the time on Rapid Prototyping so check back often in the forum and blog for the latest information at: http://www.prototypezone.com/prototype-forum
About Prototype Zone: Prototype Zone is the leading information source and community website for all things about Prototyping and Rapid Prototyping. Visit the website to join for free and receive two free ebooks on Rapid Prototyping for a limited time offer.
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Rapid prototyping machine was invented in the year 1980 and this machine was introduced to form 3d physical models. These models can be created in less time and at a low price. Quick word is used in the sense that it creates models in a very limited period of time for maximum benefit. Creation of 3d prototype models takes a lot of time if done through digital data or 3d. Rapid prototyping machine has been introduced in order to speed up this process effectively. With the help of third printers, the tools can be formed much faster and even prototyping can be made within no time.
This very new technology will be welcomed by all. Many manufacturers have put in order to make this machine that is all set to take over the market. The printers that are installed in these prototyping machines work fast and are very versatile. Rapid prototyping machines are very useful to engineers, animators and product designers to convert their imagination into reality in the form of a model within the limited period of time.
It is not only quick in processing but the models can be done at a very low price. This particular machine comes with a three dimensional printing system, which leads to rapid product development. The machine is in fact a blessing in disguise for producers, engineers, animators and designers.
There are several benefits or advantages offered by rapid prototyping machine, which has led to its overall development and has been successful enough to convert visions into reality within no time.
o helps this machine in the creation of several prototypes, which is beneficial for engineers to test each stage of development.
o using rapid prototyping machine problems can easily be identified before the actual making of the model. Therefore, it provides the most efficient method to identify and eliminate all problems and challenges.
o as models can be created very quickly by using rapid prototyping machine, it becomes easier for people to communicate their ideas or plans and the Board's approval can better understand it.
o this machine is very affordable as costs while creating third models are not very high and the output is secured in a short period of time.
o it is a great innovation from a business point of view. Especially for executive this machine is very useful as it helps them come up with new ideas or new products and study their application.
o machine aimed at rapid development of a product and can help to detect errors that can be corrected, so there is no waste of time.
o has its fabrication led to efficiency in the production, improvement of quality and a decrease in expenditure.
o the most common technology used in rapid prototyping is the stereo lithography that helps in providing high accuracy and ensures a good finish. It is very useful to make plastic parts and layering.
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The Hass VM Series machines are high-performance VMCs that provide the accuracy, rigidity and thermal stability required for mold making, tool & die work and other high precision industries. Each machine features a generous work cube, a multi-fixturing table and a 12,000-rpm inline direct-drive spindle. Standard features include the Haas high speed control with full look-ahead, 24-pocket side-mount tool changer, programmable coolant nozzle, automatic air gun and much more.
Schmit Prototypes has been in business since 1980. We are a nationally known, full service prototype company with customers and clients all over the United States.
Schmit Prototypes offers several low-cost prototyping services and specialize in the medical, consumer, industrial and military industries. Visit http://www.schmitprototypes.com for more information
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PCB Prototyping Process is a new webpage that was just added to the new Prototyping Website that has just been released. This new webpage has all of the information you need to know of PCB Prototyping and the main information you need to know on Prototyping Technologies. You can visit this PCB Prototyping Process webpage at: http://www.prototypezone.com/rapid-manufacturing/
Here is an excerpt from the new PCB Prototyping webpage:
“Origin: Rapid prototyping has taken virtual designs through ‘animation modeling software’ or ‘computer aided design (CAD)’. Thereafter, transformation into virtual, thin, horizontal cross-sections takes place. Each cross-section then gets created in the physical space. This process goes on till the model gets completed. It is better known as WYSIWYG process. Let's understand this process in detail.
WYSIWYG: WYSIWYG as the abbreviation for ‘What You See Is What You Get’. It is used in ‘computing’ for describing a system wherein content looks similar to final product at the time of editing. It is generally used in word processors. However, this use is in the form of HTML (Web) authoring. The popularization of this phrase was carried out by the comedian ‘Flip Wilson’. His character ‘Geraldine’ used to say this very often to give an excuse against her idiosyncratic behavior.
This expression came to be applied later to computer-based applications as practicality in technology arrived. At times, it is phonetically spelt as ‘Wizzywig’ or ‘Wizywig’. It has also been used as a brand name for a ‘lighting design tool’ utilized in theatre industry to pre-visualize the shows and 3D CAD.
The process further : The additional fabrication causes the machine to read data from CAD drawing. After that, consecutive layers of powder, sheet material, or liquid are laid down. Likewise, a model gets built-up from a chain of cross-sections. Such layers, corresponding to CAD model’s virtual cross section, are then fused automatically or joined together for creating the ultimate shape. The basic advantage of additive fabrication goes to state that any geometric feature or shape can be created through this.”
The new PCB Prototyping page is free information to members and non-members and can be found at: http://www.prototypezone.com/. However, users of Prototype Zone who decide to be members can join for free and receive two free E-Books on Rapid Prototyping for a limited time offer. Prototype Zone will be adding new information all the time on Rapid Prototyping so check back often in the forum and blog for the latest information at: http://www.prototypezone.com/prototype-forum
About Prototype Zone: Prototype Zone is the leading information source and community website for all things about Prototyping and Rapid Prototyping. Visit the website to join for free and receive two free ebooks on Rapid Prototyping for a limited time offer.