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Cube X Duo

Pillar Product Design is proud to announce that we are now bringing on FDM prototyping services in-house for both clients and on going projects. The Cube X Duo is (2) head FDM machine that has very large 10.8″ by 10.45″ by 9.5″ build envelope. This machine also has the capability to run (2) materials and (2) colors. ABS plus and PLA in a variety of colors. This tool will assist us in speeding up the development process and helping our client’s bring products to market quicker. Also we will use this tool to shorten the transition from industrial design / concept development to 3D Solid

June 19, 2013

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Black Rapid’s Lensbling on the scene

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The Pillar Product Design team just finished designing a complete set of lens covers for both Nikon and Canon for Black Rapid latest release the Lensbling brand. This set of caps and covers handles all the major sizes and models of camera lens for both Nikon and Canon. 3D modeling in Solid Works 2013 and scaling these caps accordingly was a challenge since Black rapid wanted this to be (3) color tri injection molded shot. The Pillar Design team work with Black Rapid’s in-house tooling manufacturer team to make sure we ended up with the right quality of part that would meet the desired material cost of

June 19, 2013

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Finishing out 2012.

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The Pillar Product Design team would like to thank everyone we worked with, on having such a successful year. It was alot of hard work and we did some amazing things. We helped a number of client’s to fofill their dreams on getting their innovative products to market. Going into next year we are excited to work on new and innovative product ideas that will shape the market place. Happy Holidays and a happy new year.

December 26, 2012

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Culti-Sifter Urban Garden Tool on Kickstarter

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Pillar Product Design of Seattle WA recently assisted CultiSifter in the development of a new urban ergonomic garden tool that will soon be released to the market. The CultiSifter team husband and wife duo has put there product on Kickstarter to get support in further developing this product for manufacturing. The product was recently premiered by Solid Concepts web site as well as used as a 3D solidworks complex surfacing example of the types and complexity of builds. We used a GF PA Nylon 12 Objet SLS process to get working and functional samples for testing. This would not have been possible 3 years ago, this technology allows our client and

October 30, 2012