The creation of plastic prototypes is essential to the manufacturing and design of products. Before launching their products into mass production, it enables companies to test, improve, and optimize ...
Tool changing 3D printers are hot ... However, this is just a prototype and it does work. It only needs more rigidity and repeatability. Outside of the printer itself, the changer costs about ...
To show just how fast and easy the process works, Ford shows one of its engineers using a MakerBot 3D printer costing less than $1,000 to create multiple prototype parts for a manual transmission ...
While a circus prop might not be your average Hackaday fare, it’s noteworthy because the Tao-Line started off as a 3D printed prototype, which was then turned into the metal fabrication you see ...