Over the past three months our team at Custom Prototypes, a Toronto based rapid prototyping and 3D printing service company have been putting our design skills and equipment to work. Last year we captured 1st place at the AMUG annual technical competition and this year we plan on keeping that title. This year we wanted to put our SLA …
High output with little input, this is the objective which all automotive manufacturers seek to achieve. With every disruptive technology comes along a new learning curve – where implementing these changes to the manufacturing process can aid in further productivity resulting in higher profits. (Metal 3D printed robot end-of-arm tool) Over the years Custom Prototype’s has built strong working relationships …
Promoting a new product has become easier than ever with the access of online crowd funding sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo or GoFundMe. Over the years we have helped many entrepreneurs prepare their proof of concept prototypes in hopes to raise interest and seek that initial investment to help accelerate their products outreach. This past week we had a customer …
X-Matik Pitching their Self Driving Car Concept with 3D Printed Hardware Imagine you drive to a party, have a couple too many drinks and you then begin to wonder how to get home. The idea of cabbing home only to have to retrieve your vehicle the next day seems, well… terrible. But what if your existing vehicle had the ability …
This past week we had the privilege of welcoming over 40 students from Mexico to come do a tour of Custom Prototypes. These eager to learn students came to check out our industrial 3D printers and learn all about additive manufacturing. The students partnered with Ulinks which helps students choose the right college and career education options by providing concise …
OACETT, The Ontario association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists is a self-governing, non-profit organization and professional association of more than 25000 members. OACETT helps engineers, applied science technicians and technologists in professional growth through networking and career- oriented events. Custom Prototypes was obliged to host a facility tour for engineers from this prestigious organization who intended to know more …
Remember the Faucet we 3D printed some 2 years ago? Click here to refresh the memory. The water lily inspired, 3D printed bathroom faucet was a challenging project. We pushed our powder bed metal 3D printer all the way to its limits. We managed to grow a quite complicated internal channel structure without any support whatsoever. This was achieved by …
Every year Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO) hosts a competition for graduating industrial designers from Carleton University, OCAD university, Humber college and Sheridan college to select the best talent and have their final project thesis pitched and awarded to the winners by group of jury from selected industry professionals. We were approached For 2019 “Rocket”award ceremony held …
It was a great honour and opportunity for Custom Prototypes to provide a strong learning experience for a group of 45 students from Mexico. The visit was organized by ULinks, A Mexican organization dedicated to providing international industry and advanced manufacturing exposure to students in Mexico and across Latin America. The visitors were from diverse backgrounds of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, …
Every year at this time we try to put our skills to work to bring some smile on the face and spread the Christmas spirit. So, when we got this request to make a better wheelchair break we took the challenge with delight. The high end, titanium wheelchair looks cool and is well engineered. However, the breaks, seem to be …