149 Protolabs Testimonials

“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.”

"Being in an early prototyping stage, it was much easier to 3D print the complicated lug versus machine it. You get all of the features without having to do any additional design for manufacturability work."

“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.”

"We are pushing the boundaries of taxonomic data analysis that may even discover previously unknown species."

“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.”

"I am still hugely grateful to Protolabs for the support provided via the Cool Idea award, and the manufacture of Floome using rapid injection moulding, which helped us gain at least four months on the standard time to market.”

“The European Cool Idea Award has really helped us take the Evo System onto the next stage of development and closer to a real-life solution that will save lives and cut hospital budgets. It is meant to be a cost-effective solution, so we had to find a way of mass manufacturing it to lower the unit costs."

“Obviously as a start-up company we were working on limited capital and Protolabs understood our situation. They were very helpful in suggesting possible ways of reducing the cost.”

“The spoons from the initial production run came back amazingly well and we immediately placed an order for a further 900 spoons that were produced within a couple of weeks!”

“The detail of the 3D-printed part, it would have been very difficult to achieve that type of exacting geometry without the use of 3D printing.”

"The costs and time lines corresponded to our goals and Protolabs' production capacity is compatible with our volumes."

"Great service at a fair price and the quality of my parts is fantastic. Keep up the great work.”

“We are looking at some other products to add to the Instant-Trace family and we’ll be using Protolabs again.”

“I really wanted to create a gift shop for my 3D museum, as we always exit through the gift shop these days. But then I had to think about what items to put inside my gift shop."

“FarmBot is helping consumers produce and grow their own food. It is much more than knowing where your food originated. With our open-source technology, anyone who wants to contribute and help us build the future of farming has that opportunity.”