149 Protolabs Testimonials

“Protolabs has been helping us with extremely high-quality nylon parts from the HP Multi Jet Fusion machine.”

“We’re very excited about our product and the impact it will have on the bicycle industry, and also for bicycle manufacturing in North America.”

"We became interested in additive manufacturing [industrial-grade 3D printing] and experimented with it, and, as the industry expanded so did our print parts with much higher resolution and precision tooling than what was available previously. The savings in both cost and time also became a factor.”

"Protolabs was easily able to handle thermoplastic silicone, our proposed custom material. They always gave me direct support for all production-related design issues."

“We gave Nebulem a design brief and a specification to work with and they returned with various concepts for the enclosure. We picked our favourite and Nebulem developed the design from there. We were completely new to CNC machining and relied on their guidance. Within two weeks we had finalised a prototype design. I have to say, their professionalism was very impressive.”

“Precision is important. Applying too much adhesive is wasteful and expensive, but applying too little could create a defective product.”

“It had the effect of improving the structural integrity of the hand and absorbing the impact shock from a punch, so the idea for the Boxing Hand Grenade was born and the response has been fantastic.”

"There was a need to build a lightweight, heat-resistant and high-quality anti-vibration mount without increasing the size of the ECU. One with a complex design yet manufactured in small volumes."

“The reason we chose 3D printing as opposed to machining is that we could never get the attention to detail, the small geometries of the internal channels in there with traditional machining techniques.”

“The short turn-around time offered by Protolabs, in conjunction with a strong support team helping to deliver the parts, was extremely valuable. To put this into context, Protolabs can produce and deliver parts quicker than if we used a local workshop! This efficiency is essential with the production of a first product. The other main advantage was the quality assurance provided by Protolabs. With each part design-checked before production, we had the benefit of the company’s 20 years’ experience to identify any improvements or tweaks the design needed. This is extremely valuable to us; the quality and reliability of BactoFlow are crucial to ensure it fulfills its potential to revolutionise contamination detection in water.”

“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.”

“We really appreciate how Protolabs caught that quality concern early on. Sometimes we never hear feedback from a producer. If we reject parts, they have to approve the rejection, and the process can drag on for many weeks.”

“Once we put the prototypes together, we could test to make sure the fasteners were feeding correctly, and if the sliding action of the plunger was operating smoothly without jamming. If there were any problems, we would modify the part and have another one machined. Once everything was working, we made molds.”

“The Protolabs quoting platform is always really quick and we also get manufacturing feedback from them. The system automatically details any issues which means that we can address those issues before anything goes out for manufacture. That's really handy and it's so easy to upload a file.”

"Protolabs' promise of going from prototype to production very quickly with a choice of solutions completely won us over."