149 Protolabs Testimonials

"We uploaded our model and had a price almost immediately. Although we’re not experts in the design of plastic parts suitable for production, we managed to get everything sorted with the tips from the quote review."

“What has been so remarkable is how Protolabs staff took their time to explain and basically taught us about plastic, an area we did not know much about. Consultants often come in, do the work, and then take their knowledge with them when they leave. That's not the case with Protolabs. They are generous and share their knowledge and skills.”

“Protolabs’ ability to tool domestically to aluminum and get us that quality of part that we get from injection molding but without committing to hundreds of thousands of parts really opened up our eyes.”

“Protolabs offered a totally unique service to our product designers that made our development process much faster. You just submit your 3D CAD model to the ProtoQuote automated online quoting system and you receive pricing, options and advice for improved mouldability within hours.”

“On parts where aesthetics are very important, it is easy to end up with deviations in colour or texture as a consequence of abrupt material acceleration."

“In our first study with 20 patients, the participants’ subjectively perceived tinnitus decreased by between 30 and 100 percent. Building on these results, a clinical study is now also planned to further investigate the effectiveness of ForgTin. In the meantime, we are about to launch our product and I look forward to being able to help the first patients this autumn.”

“Everything I asked for, whether I had questions of your customer service people, or I was waiting on quotes, or waiting for parts, there was nothing slow about it. It was immediate. It was all about getting stuff done. I hate waiting.”

“Our aircraft is always ready to take off and execute a rescue operation within six seconds."

“What Cool Idea will help us to do is have some injection-molded parts to use for our pilot run as well. We came up with our own architecture for the internal components within AMPY and did a lot of customer development to find the right form factor and size, and to deliver a significant amount of power.”

“How we've managed to design those coils gives a little more flexibility in the spaces that we can put them into and how much power we can generate. We've tried to make those as compact as possible while generating enough voltage and power to charge the internal battery.”

“This application was an ideal fit for production 3D printing. So often people tend to rely on additive manufacturing for prototyping and then move to molding or machining when they get to production. But for me, 3D printing parts in the exact quantities that I need really makes for an efficient business model.”

“Protolabs was the only company that could produce such thin features in the plastic parts we needed in those early Alpha and Beta testing stages. In addition, we were in a time crunch, so speed was a factor, something Protolabs could also handle. These are key factors for an early stage company, to test out a design quickly, get feedback from it, and then move forward from that design.”

“Our first commercial product is a fuel injection system specifically designed for a European manufacturer of light motorcycles and scooters. This new system will cut emissions of HC+NOx (the cause of photochemical air pollution) by around 35%, and CO emissions by over 80% compared with a standard engine. It will also save 30% on fuel.”

“Ultimately, for specimens as big as this, we need to use an appropriately large system and special recording techniques to obtain the maximum possible resolution."

“It all depends on what the user wants. We design and sell monitors, under our own name, directly to doctors. A lot of [the monitors] are customized to a specific practitioner’s requirements. We also design OEM devices for companies that sell into cardiovascular centers and for drug testing. In FDA-mandated drug testing, the devices could be used to determine whether a drug causes irregularities in heart function.”