A Peek Inside Proto Labs’ 3D-Printing Facility

As 3D printing matures, engineers are seeing more benefits from using this process. Wanting to know more about who is using 3D printing and why, I ran down to Raleigh, N.C. to visit Proto Labs’ 3D printing facility to get a first-hand look…and some answers.
My tour guide was Eric Utley, an applications engineer with more than seven years of experience in rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing. His focus is on stereolithography, selective-laser-sintering and direct-metal laser-sintering technologies, and provides guidance to engineers on designing for manufacturability. During our tour, I was able to ask him some questions.

As 3D printing matures, engineers are seeing more benefits from using this process. Wanting to know more about who is using 3D printing and why, I ran down to Raleigh, N.C. to visit Proto Labs’ 3D printing facility to get a first-hand look…and some answers.

My tour guide was Eric Utley, an applications engineer with more than seven years of experience in rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing. His focus is on stereolithography, selective-laser-sintering and direct-metal laser-sintering technologies, and provides guidance to engineers on designing for manufacturability. During our tour, I was able to ask him some questions.