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I got my Xbox Cloud Controller concept rapid-prototyped in China and the results were FABULOUS!

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You’d imagine that a rapid-prototyping company that has BMW, Lamborghini, and Volkswagen on their client list would have some incredibly high standards of quality. You’d be absolutely right in doing so! A while back we featured 3ERP’s services that help bring designers’ concepts to life, and it only seemed fair that I send one of my own concepts over to see exactly how good their services were, and here’s the short version: It’s bloody amazing! 3ERP managed to seamlessly reproduce my 3D model, literally bringing it to life. Every detail, from a single speaker-grille hole to a tiny metallic charging pin was replicated with sheer perfection. It literally felt like a product right off the shelf, surpassing anything I could make in a week’s time with the tools at my disposal.

Below is the prototype, manufactured to scale at 3ERP’s center in GuangDong, China. Their service and my deliverables were set up to be so simple, it honestly is as easy as hitting a render button. All I did was send over my 3D files, a basic list of materials to be used, my artwork, and rendering samples. 3ERP’s quotation service used all this to generate a quotation free of charge. All you need to do to proceed is to approve the quote and provide a delivery address. I received my sample earlier last week, and straight out of the box, the prototype looks as good as the renders do.

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The prototype gaming controller is made to scale, CNC machined from ABS plastic, and fits my Pixel 2 phone perfectly. The buttons feel exactly the way they should, and the joystick is as inviting as the real deal. Flippers on either side hold my phone in place with rubber pads for added friction, and every detail is painstakingly replicated, right down to the small headphone icon embossed right beside the headphone jack. Flip it over to the back and the artwork is lined up and printed with perfect alignment. Even on the front, the Xbox logo, the Xbox Cloud logo, and the symbols on the buttons are printed with perfection. 3ERP’s understanding of material, surfacing, and finish is pretty remarkable too. The product is glossy or matte where it needs to be and metallic where indicated.

At the end of the day, there’s little difference (if none) between the render and 3ERP’s prototype. With their capabilities of handling everything from prototyping techniques like injection molding, 3D printing, CNC machining to surface treatments, painting, coating, printing, and assembly, 3ERP’s command over every aspect of the rapid prototyping process means designers get to perfectly fabricate and execute their concepts without wasting any time sanding away at pieces of wood, plastic or foam, and without having to invest in expensive machines like 3D printers and CNC milling centers!

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3ERP’s low-cost, high-fidelity rapid prototyping services help your concepts come to life

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With companies like BMW, Lamborghini, and Volkswagen on its client roster, the guys at 3E Rapid Prototyping know quite a bit about delivering absolutely immaculate prototypes. Helping both designers and non-designer clients on their journey from concept to reality, 3ERP’s range of services span everything from 3D printing to CNC machining, vacuum casting for silicone, tooling and injection molding, metal casting, plastic and metal extrusion, and even surface treatment processes like chrome-plating, anodizing, high-gloss polishing and powder-coating. With its on-board expert designers and engineers to help realize products and concepts, 3ERP’s prototyping abilities span across the automotive industry, medical industry, consumer goods industry, robotics and automation, and even the aerospace industry.

As a designer-by-graduation myself, I often find myself relying on renders because it isn’t particularly economical to own a workshop or even a 3D printer with my nomadic lifestyle. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one too. 3ERP’s services aren’t just for high-end clients who want to prototype fuselages for their aircrafts, but also for us small-time designers, freelancers, and artists who want to be able to realize our work in 3D, either for our own prototyping, or for a client who demands quality. The guys at 3ERP help countless designers and design teams by helping them not only rapidly prototype products, but even optimize them for better performance. 3ERP’s designers can offer tips on how to cut costs on CNC machining parts, or what to keep in mind while designing for injection molding. They offer free quotations for all the projects they take up, allowing clients to evaluate the cost of prototyping a product, and even help them along the process to create a prototype that matches expectations. In fact, we’ve sent over a concept of our own too. If you remember the Xbox Cloud Controller concept we featured nearly 2 months ago, we’ve just sent our files to the guys at 3ERP to rapid prototype the concept to scale. More on that when we receive our sample!

3ERP’s services help you prototype without setting up a workshop, or renting a timeshare at a maker lab, or even shelling out big bucks to buy a 3D printer. Designed for all sorts of work, be it precise functionality, low-tolerance parts, or modeling and prototyping A-level surfaces for verification or sharing with a client, or even printing a figurine or model for your own self, 3ERP’s wide range of prototyping services will help you bring those renders to reality!

3ERP’s services include: CNC Machining, Vacuum Casting, Rapid Tooling, Metal Casting, 3D printing, Sheet metal prototyping and Aluminum extrusion.

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Capable of multi-sided tight tolerance machining. Their engineering department helps ensure your complex parts will turn out successfully the first time.

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