The Estes Accelerator Product Development & Prototyping team has added more capability with the addition of 3D printing technology to help streamline prototyping from concept to reality. The company’s new Bambu Lab X1E polymer filament 3D printer can produce tangible prototypes from CAD drawings in significantly less time without a full machining process. Estes Accelerator…
You’ve been mulling your revolutionary sheet metal product over in your mind’s eye for some time now. It has all the markings of a game-changer, but how can you be sure? How do you know it will work? Even if it does, can it be manufactured efficiently enough to make it profitable? Estes Accelerator Product…
Time is money. That’s true for every link in the manufacturing chain from receiving raw material through quality control. Our customers need parts processed quickly – in some cases on demand. To meet their need, we respond by fabricating components as efficiently as possible and maximizing machine uptime. Our investment in automation delivers dependable repeatability…
Laser welding has been an important tool in Estes Design and Manufacturing’s sheet metal fabrication arsenal for well over a decade. We pioneered the process of laser welding light gauge sheet metal in the job shop industry to provide superior welds while also cutting production times and costs for customers. Recently, laser welding technology evolved…
In today’s world, there are specialists for almost everything: from medical specialists to learning specialists and even shrubbery specialists – the world of sheet metal fabrication is no exception. While you can find shops that specialize in many different areas of sheet metal fabrication, that may not necessarily be the best decision for you or…