PROTO TECHNOLOGIES is the first service bureau in the Pacific Northwest
to have theNew Connex 500 Printer.

Proto Technologies take’s rapid prototyping and 3D printing Services to New Heights, with the purchase of a Connex 500.

Proto Technologies of Liberty Lake Wa has installed a Connex 500™ 3-D Printing System- the world’s first system capable of printing parts and assemblies made of multiple model materials all in a single build. As the first service bureau in the Northwest to introduce a large platform SLA back in 1995 they have stayed committed to cutting edge technologies and now again being the first in the Northwest to purchase the all-new Connex 500. Proto Technologies is able to offer customers unprecedented speed and flexibility in creating complex parts and models that require more than one material, such as traditionally produced in over- molding techniques.

The Connex 500 is based on Objet’s breakthrough Polyjet Technology. It establishes a new era in rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing, opening the way to virtually unlimited opportunities for emulating the look, feel and function of final products more closely than ever before. Proto Technologies will be able to offer a compelling cost and time advantage for applications that would usually require using adhesives to attach separate parts made of different materials and for end-products that involve double injection or over- molding production.  In addition to being able to print single-build models out of different materials and models of different materials on one build tray, the Connex 500 gives Proto Technologies the ground- breaking ability to fabricate composite materials called “Digital Materials” on-the-fly. The revolutionary “Digital Materials” are created during the build process and have preset combinations of mechanical properties that are not available with single materials.

We have also added to our precision Machine shop 2 new pieces of equipment.

• HAAS CNC Mill VF2
• HAAS  SL10 Lathe