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Our blogs are a mix of tips, fun, announcements, and education on topics that range from rapid manufacturing to the challenges of doing business in China to the hard realities of product development. There is something for everyone so check them out and send us an email if you have any topics you would like to see covered.
Hurry, HLH’s urethane casting event ends today!
PrototypesAs the old saying goes, "time flies by fast when you are making prototypes or low-volume production parts via urethane casting". Ok, so that is not...
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2018 – Year Of The Dog – HLH Schedule
PrototypesChinese New Year is right around the corner. A time in China for family and friends and a bit of a break from business. 2018 is...
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Medical Devices – Old Meet New
PrototypesThe medical device industry is exploding, right now, today, but to be honest, I don't think we have seen anything yet. Healthcare is an industry that...
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Urethane Casting Event – 3 Days Left!
PrototypesOur Urethane Casting Event (Vacuum Casting) has been very popular this month with our customers. Industries we have worked with this month via urethane casting include, Automotive,...
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Can I take a urethane casted part to a sales meeting? Yes!
PrototypesYou might be a new product developer who needs to take first-rate samples into a sales meeting. You might be a project leader at a fortune...
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January. Urethane Casting. HLH. 15% Off. Boom!
PrototypesVacuum casting moulds, not terribly exciting, not sexy, pretty boring actually...but very effective at delivering high-quality rapid prototypes and low-volume production parts. January is the perfect...
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Urethane/Vacuum Casting FAQs – 15% Off During January 2018
PrototypesAt HLH, we do a lot of urethane/vacuum casting projects for a variety of industries. Many of our long-term customers make parts via urethane/vacuum casting all the...
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Urethane Casting (Vacuum Casting) Event – Oprah Style
PrototypesHLH has gone full Oprah with our Urethane Casting (Vacuum Casting) event. You get 15% off, you get 15% off, everyone gets 15% off. If you...
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Flying into Shenzhen Airport is a delight.
PrototypesOk, I know, I have written about travel to Shenzhen before, but I just had a great experience so I thought I would take 5 minutes...
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Urethane Casting (Vacuum Casting) – 15% Off – Cool :)
PrototypesAll this month (January 2018) HLH is running a promotion on Urethane (Vacuum) Casting projects. Confirm your order by January 31, 2018, and receive 15% off...
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Urethane casted parts before injection parts? Yes!
PrototypesIn a world gone 3D crazy many of the old guard prototype and low-volume rapid manufacturing processes have been forgotten. Well, maybe not forgotten for those...
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Everything You Need to Know About Anodizing Aluminum Parts
PrototypesAnodizing aluminum parts is an essential finishing technique that plays a pivotal role across numerous industries, significantly enhancing the surface properties of aluminum. Through an electrochemical...
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Part 2 – Turning a No into a Yes!
PrototypesI love turning a No into a Yes. That feeling you get when you know that your team was right and that you were not all...
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Turning a NO into a YES! Part 1
PrototypesFrom my former life (before HLH), I have two examples for you of how to turn a NO into a YES! One example involves biting my...
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The 12th day of HLH Christmas is finally here.
Prototypes♪ On the 12th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Twelve smiling HLHers, Eleven hundred holes, Ten working fingers, Nine precision metal parts, at least...
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10 fingers working! HLH 12 days of Christmas
Prototypes♪ On the 10th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Ten working fingers, Nine precision metal parts, at least Eight rapid car bumpers, Seven Swans...
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The 9th day of Christmas brings Precision.
Prototypes♪ On the 9th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Nine precision metal parts, at least Eight rapid car bumpers, Seven Swans a swimming, Six...
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Win all day long with Rapid Tooling.
PrototypesI want to get my product from paper to realization fast, what can I do? The world has gone 3D Printing crazy so it is understandable...
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It’s the 8th day of the 12 days of HLH Christmas.
Prototypes♪ On the 8th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: At least Eight rapid car bumpers, Seven Swans a swimming, Six holes in this rapid...
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The 7th day of Christmas stays classic.
PrototypesThe 12 days of Christmas continues with a classic on Day 7. Why? Because I couldn't think of anything better than Swans:) ♪ On the 7th day...
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Day 4, of the 12 days of HLH Christmas – Rapid Manufacturing
PrototypesThe 12 days of Christmas continues with Day 4, rapid CNC Machining day...♪ On the 4th day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Four (of our...
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♪ On the 3rd day of Christmas, HLH gave to me ♪
Prototypes♪ On the 3rd day of Christmas, HLH gave to me: Three rapid manufacturing specialists. Two massive rapid CNC machines, and an awesome rapid manufacturing place....
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James Murphy of HLH – 2017 Year-End Review
PrototypesWe caught up with James Murphy of HLH to get his thoughts on how 2017 has been for HLH, and what we might see in 2018....
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On the first day of Christmas…HLH Style :)
Prototypes♪ On the first day of Christmas HLH gave to me: An awesome rapid manufacturing place. ♪ How awesome? 12,000 sqm, 6 floors, 24-hour security, secure...
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When can you introduce your new product to the world?
PrototypesNew product introduction is a tricky business, show your new product too late and you may miss your window, show your new product too early and you...
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When inspiration is lost, take a walk.
PrototypesI'm a visual person, it comes from my early background as a Photographer, being visual has never left me. Throughout my various careers, when stuck, when...
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HLH Holiday Schedule – OPEN For Rapid Manufacturing
PrototypesSo here is the thing, we stay open during Western Holidays. What does that mean? It means that if you are behind on a project and...
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Sometime Only Hand Finishing Will Do
PrototypesAs we race towards an automated world there can be a tendency to think that all problems can be solved with technology. A computer program or...
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Rapid part manufacturing at HLH.
PrototypesRapid part manufacturing, that is what we do here at HLH and that is what we will keep doing for you during the upcoming holiday season....
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The great thing about 3D Printing is…
PrototypesThe great thing about 3D Printing is you can design just about anything. The bad thing about 3D Printing is you can design just about anything....
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