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GoPro Evolution: A Teardown Through the Ages – Part 2

We’ve embarked on a journey to teardown three generations of GoPro products to see how the product has changed over time: GoPro Hero original GoPro Hero 3 ‍ The newest GoPro Session camera. To see teardowns of the GoPro Hero original and GoPro Hero 3, check out part 1 of this series. If you’re looking for the […]

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3D Printing to CNC Machining: When to Make the Switch

3D printing has penetrated its way into almost every industry. From automotive to fashion, it has undoubtedly improved the way companies develop products. However, long before 3D printing revolutionized prototyping, CNC (computer numerical control) machining dominated the manufacturing world. If you develop physical products, CNC machining is likely a part of your prototyping process. To […]

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GoPro Evolution: A Teardown Through the Ages – Part 1

Our latest teardown focuses on the popular action camera GoPro. This teardown is actually not a singular adventure, but an odyssey of epic proportions, split into 2 parts. We’ll look at the product’s evolution across three generations and see how the engineering and manufacturing techniques have changed in the last half decade. To begin this ancestral analysis, […]

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Designing for the User [VIDEO]

Andrei Gonzales said it best:  “Design isn’t about eye-candy. It’s about problem-solving. If your ‘design’ isn’t solving quantifiable issues, than it isn’t design, it’s decoration.” Here at China Manufacturing parts, we believe design drives innovation; it establishes how users learn about the value of a product and how they actually consume it in an experience. In a […]

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How to Choose the Best 3D Printing Material

If you’re not sure which 3D printing material is the best one for your project, here’s a decision tree to help you choose. Need more info? Check out our Capabilities Guide.

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How to Design for Stiffness Using a Geometric Approach

Designing products for load bearing applications can pose a multitude of challenges, so it’s important for a designer to have a “toolbox” of techniques that improve design quality. Designing for stiffness through geometric controls is a top tool in that box. Even the simplest designs can be sensitive to part stiffness: For example, if a […]

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How to Design Wire Guides That Are Both Functional and Beautiful

A robot climbing stairs was barely possible 30 years ago, but now, Honda’s ASIMO robot can not only walk up the stairs of an auditorium stage, it can play the violin. Honda uses ASIMO to showcase innovations in programming, electronics, sensing, and mechanics. And with its case off, ASIMO reveals craftsmanship in every detail, including […]

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From SketchUp to 3D Printer: 3 Common Surface Modeling Issues & How to Fix Them

You’ve created a seamless design—structurally sound, sufficiently thick, and mindful of overhangs. However, you get your part back to find out that it’s not printable! Many of the errors we see stem from how the digital model was created and often the main problems come down to whether the design was modeled using solid bodies […]

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Teardown Showdown: Apple Watch vs. Fake Apple Watch

Welcome to another round of teardown showdown! This week we present A Tale of Two Watches. No, we’re not pitting a 42mm Apple Watch against a 38mm Apple Watch; what’s the point of that? Instead, this showdown is between a real apple watch and a fake one. Look at the picture again: Only one of these watches […]

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Ricoh Theta S 360° Camera Teardown

We love selfies at China Manufacturing parts. We even have human selfie sticks, also known as founders, but really we keep them around for their 6-foot-plus wingspan. However, as of late, our team has grown so much that we can’t all fit into a standard phone selfie. This is the worst kind of growing pain! Our culture is […]