Mold Tooling
EOS in Two IMTS Pavilions with AM Advances
Applications include multi-part production and an automated system for mold tooling. The company’s North American User Day also returns to IMTS.
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Collaborate and Educate
Baker Industries pushes AM development and educates customers at a new collaboration center for emerging injection mold technologies.
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Topological Analysis Predicts That a Hollow Mold Insert Will Succeed
Mathematical analysis performed for a mold shop reveals that almost all of the metal in a mold core insert was unnecessary to that tool’s function.
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Michigan Plastics Molder Experiments with Mold Inserts that are Hollow
PTI Engineered Plastics sees open possibilities in an alternate method of making mold tooling through AM.
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R&D Project Demonstrates Metal AM for Mold Tooling Makers
A 3D printing bureau and mold tooling maker installed a direct-metal AM machine as part of a grant-funded R&D project. The parts it is producing will serve as illustrations of additive’s capabilities for other moldmakers.
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Expanding Horizons with Rapid Tooling
Investing in 3D printing for rapid tooling brought product development time from months down to weeks for this moldmaker.
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Case Studies of Multi-Material Manufacturing
Tools for injection molding, die casting and powder compaction all illustrate the potential to achieve greater part performance and manufacturing efficiency by blending workpiece materials through AM.
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3D Printing Impacts Production Mold Design
3D-printed cavities and cores serve as a testing ground to quickly prove out production mold design options.
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Agility Through 3D Printing
Additive manufacturing capability has helped this shop stay flexible, in both the prototyping and moldmaking parts of its business.
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Shaking Off the Support System
Ultrasonics can remove mold support from the surfaces of an additively manufactured part and reduce cleaning time.
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