{"id":1454,"date":"2011-07-20T04:41:04","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T04:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2011-07-17T17:19:42","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T17:19:42","slug":"rapid-prototyping-is-rapidly-maturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/20\/rapid-prototyping-is-rapidly-maturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid prototyping is rapidly maturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B9VOwqtOglg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the past year, since Labrigger&#8217;s <a href=http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/17\/tips-for-3d-printing\/\">first post on 3D printing<\/a> (aka rapid prototyping), the industry has matured dramatically. Most importantly, companies including <a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/02\/shapeways-cheap-3d-printing\/\">Shapeways<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/22\/ponoko-starts-3d-printing\/\">Ponoko<\/a>, have opened what used to be a specialist market, up to more mainstream customers, including hobbyists and small operations.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sculpteo.com\/en\/gallery\/embed\/285194259302756423540860538601392548752?basket=1&amp;noclickredirect=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/anvis-nvg-mount.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Anvis NVG mount (click for source)\" width=\"415\" height=\"520\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1456\" srcset=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/anvis-nvg-mount.png 415w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/anvis-nvg-mount-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sculpteo.com\/en\/\">Sculpteo<\/a> is a new addition. It is tightly linked with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dvia.com\/\">3Dvia<\/a>, which offers free software for 3D design and an online design sharing system.<\/p>\n<p>With affordable rates, lots of material options (including metal, pictured above), and decent turnaround times, there&#8217;s a lot going for this technology. That said, I wouldn&#8217;t recommend getting your own machine. You&#8217;re not going to save a ton of time in turn around, all the maintenance and troubleshooting has to be done in house, and you&#8217;ll never have as many material options and process options as you can get from a 3D print shop.<\/p>\n<p>3D printing offers very little in terms of economy of scale. This encourages customization, but sometimes you might want 1000 identical parts and not have to pay $20 for each little plastic part. Especially when those parts are disposable or consumable. In that case, limited run injection molding might be the ticket (after you settle on a final design, using 3D printed prototypes). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.protomold.com\/\">Protomold<\/a> does production runs from 10-10,000 and prices start around $1500. Turnaround is about 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/tag\/3d-printing\/\">3D printing @ Labrigger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\n<p>In the past year, since Labrigger&#8217;s &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/20\/rapid-prototyping-is-rapidly-maturing\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,14],"class_list":["post-1454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips","tag-3d-printing","tag-construction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1461,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions\/1461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}