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By Brad Cleveland<\/a>, Protomold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mechanical Designer Dave Anderson of Healthsense\u2122 is a fan of both the Protomold\u00ae and First Cut Prototype\u00ae divisions of Proto Labs. “Three years ago I looked at ProtoQuote\u00ae, Protomold’s free online quoting tool,” says Anderson. “I uploaded a CAD model and was very impressed with what I got back. Within a day I had a detailed quote along with feedback on the moldability and design of my model. I could adjust parameters like finish, resin, and quantity, and the pricing changed while I watched. And ProtoQuote’s 3D viewer pointed out where I could adjust and improve the design.” Healthsense, located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, develops systems for senior living facilities providing independent living and assisted living services, along with systems that allow older individuals to stay in their own residences. “Within a care facility, a pendant worn by each resident broadcasts a radio signal allowing the resident’s location to be determined by triangulation across multiple WiFi access points,” says Vice President of Research and Development Dan Vatland. “A push-button request for help is forwarded over the Internet to Healthsense 24-hour data centers, and on-site help is dispatched.”<\/p>\n

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The eNeighbor monitors activity in the home and generates a call for help.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2006, Healthsense rolled out eNeighbor, a new platform developed with a grant from NIH. Under this program, sensors are placed around the user’s home to monitor activities. The system watches for anomalies like unusually long periods of inactivity, and can generate a call for help, which is sent to a neighbor. “We first used Protomold with the eNeighbor system,” says Anderson. “We didn’t want to invest in expensive steel molds, but we needed a product we could take to market. Protomold made parts for 1000 pendants, quickly and inexpensively.”<\/p>\n

“We started working with First Cut Prototype, Proto Labs’ quick-turn CNC machining division, when we needed five sets of prototypes for functional testing of a new device,” says Vatland. Their price was reasonable, they could produce parts in one day, and their parts were ideal for functional testing. Their prototypes cost a little more than FDM (fused deposition modeling), but they offer a wide variety of materials, allowing us to perform testing we couldn’t do with FDM. It was a complex design, and along with fit we had to confirm details like water tightness and get feedback on issues like ‘look and feel.’ FDM parts are too rough for a lot of those tests, and SLA (stereolithography) parts are too brittle.”<\/p>\n

“We have nothing against rapid prototyping,” says Anderson. “SLA is quick and inexpensive, but you can’t use it for functional testing. And with FDM’s ABS-type material the finer features didn’t hold up. First Cut’s machined parts had no such problems. In the future, we would probably use First Cut for prototypes. Then we would contact Protomold if we needed production parts while we were waiting for high-volume steel tooling. Together, they provide all the prototype and low volume production parts we need, in a variety of resins at reasonable prices.”<\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Brad Cleveland, President and CEO
\nProtomold
\nThe Protomold Company, Inc.
\n1757 Halgren Rd.
\nMaple Plain, MN 55359 – USAPhone: 763 479 3680
\nFax: 763 479 2679
\nE-mail: info@protomold.com<\/a><\/td>\n		Brad Cleveland has been the president and CEO of The Protomold Company, Inc. since November of 2001. Prior to Protomold he was cofounder and vice president of AeroMet Corporation, a laser additive manufacturing company and subsidiary of MTS Systems Corporation.Protomold\u00ae, a Proto Labs service, is the world\u2019s fastest source for custom injection molded parts. The company fills a unique niche in the manufacturing of plastic parts, using a combination of advanced, proprietary software and sophisticated equipment to produce prototype and low volume runs of custom injection molded parts. The material properties of Protomold\u2019s real molded parts surpass those of parts produced by additive prototyping processes. At the same time, delivery is faster and costs are lower than those associated with traditional injection molding.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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