Mastering Extrusion Tooling: Test Your Expertise & Drive Production Excellence

Mar‑Bal, Inc. is dedicated to delivering top‑tier quality and service, while investing in its most valuable asset—its employees. By listening closely to customer needs, our team turns insights into products that truly fit the market. Central to this mission is our Research and Development Center, a

Back in my Industrial Arts class, Lexan was a magical brand of material that we were allowed to use—sparingly. The price was high, but there was no question that the end-product looked great. We were told it could be thermally formed, saw-cut, milled, or lathed into mechanical pieces for

In fabrication, meticulous attention to detail distinguishes a mediocre product from a truly exceptional one. Precision tooling isn’t just a supportive step; it’s the foundation that guarantees a prototype’s fidelity, reduces downstream costs, and safeguards product quality from concept to mass pro

Hey! Who’s a fan of organic chemistry? *crickets* OK, you may not have liked studying it, but without those chains of carbon-based molecules life would be rough. So here at Protolabs we’re all about paying our respects to those special groups of bonded atoms called polymers. This