Browsing Posts published in December, 2011

NEW Shore Hardness Scale Choosing the best prototype material for your application can be tricky.  One property that is especially difficult to understand and relate to is the Shore Hardness Value.  Shore hardness measures the elasticity of a material.  Quickparts has created a scale that relates different Shore values to everyday products allowing you to [...]

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) has become a reliable and trusted form of rapid prototyping due to its structural properties. It is particularly useful when the design is complex, custom, and needs to be functional or requires short run production. In SLS a laser beam selectively fuses or sinters powder materials, nylon, or elastomer materials. It produces [...]