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If you're an existing business, a student, a "garage inventor" or a creative soul with a great idea, you can have access to personalized product prototyping. The FAB LAB is open to Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) students, our partner organizations and it is open to the general public through a variety of packaged options.
Typical materials fabrication laboratories may be cost prohibitive for inventors to develop only one prototype. In order to get ideas into a prototype stage faster, we have created a variety of packages depending on your needs.
FVTC FAB LAB PACKAGES:
FREE FOR EVERYONE
Our monthly "Explore the FAB LAB" sessions. For registration details and times, please call 920-735-5709.
FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES
The FVTC FAB LAB is ready to be your R&D facility. Innovation can flourish by bringing together advantaged capabilities, subject matter experts, and services in a boundary-less environment. Your company can determine whether a packaged or custom solution is right for you. Products start in the FAB LAB, but members of the Venture Center Team can work with your firm to turn them into profitable business propositions. For more information on these customized business services, email
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or call 920-735-5709.
FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND ENTREPRENEURS
Where appropriate, entrepreneurs, inventors, and external clients may work through the Venture Center to determine whether a packaged or custom solution is right for them. Our existing packages include:
Proof-of-Concept Entrepreneur ("Do-It-Yourself") Package includes basic materials, five hours of prototyping technical assistance, and product realization planning assistance for about $1000.
Proof-of-Concept Services Package includes standard materials, twelve hours of prototyping technical servcies, and product realization planning analysis for approximately $2000 on a best-efforts basis.
If you are an entrepreneur and do not want to do product fabrication yourself, you may work through the Venture Center. Business consultants will review your business objectives and work with FAB LAB engineers to prototype the product and determine if your product is commercially viable. Costs for this service will be determined based on your specific needs.
FOR STUDENTS
For students enrolled at FVTC in the Applied Engineering, Mechanical Design, and Electrical-Electronics-based programs, twenty courses will use the Fab Lab for hands-on learning activities. For information on for-credit fees and enrollment, please visit the FVTC website.
FOR ADULTS
For Adult Students we are developing a one-credit, independent study course in Basic and Advanced Personal Fabrication for standard course and material fees for $150-200. For information on for credit fees and enrollment, please visit the FVTC website.
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