Mold Tooling
Drop-In Solutions Give Users the Benefits of 3D Printed Mold Tooling
3D printed mold components, including ejector pins with venting to eliminate gas traps, can improve performance of traditional injection mold tooling.
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Mantle Metal 3D Printing System for Toolmaking, Prototypes
The technology is designed for easy installation and use so that, with minimal training, manufacturers can have users quickly operating and running the machine.
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How Hybrid Tooling — Part 3D Printed, Part Metal Shell — Accelerates Product Development and Sustainability for PepsiCo
The consumer products giant used to wait weeks and spend thousands on each iteration of a prototype blow mold. Now, new blow molds are available in days and cost just a few hundred dollars.
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Mantle Launches Production System, Reveals Equipment
Mantle’s metal 3D printing technology for moldmakers is officially commercial.
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Linear AMS Merges With Shapeways
The merger is said to enable both companies to better serve their customers’ needs, while accelerating innovation to offer more choices and greater possibilities in additive manufacturing.
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Airtech Validates High-Temperature Polymer for Large-Format Tooling, Moldmaking
According to the company, the polymer is well suited for high-temperature applications such as hot forming tools, autoclave molds, oven molds and self-heated molds.
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Hybrid Metal 3D Printer Enables Quick-turn Prototyping
IMTS: Matsuura Machinery’s Lumex Avance hybrid metal 3D printers are said to enable lights-out production for highly accurate parts from metal powders.
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New Electric Dirt Bike Is Designed for Molding, but Produced Through 3D Printing (Includes Video)
Cobra Moto’s new all-electric youth motocross bike could not wait for mold tooling. Parts have been designed so they can be molded eventually, but to get the bike to market, the production method now is additive manufacturing.
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3D Printing Enables Mold Shop to Rapidly Prototype Medical Parts (Video)
A case study involving Mantle’s 3D printing technology allowed moldmaker Westminster Tool to go from design to injection molded prototype medical parts in three weeks.
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Massivit 10,000 Additive Tooling System for Composites Manufacturing
Rapid + TCT 2022: The system utilizes the the company’s Cast In Motion technology, which is said to enable direct printing of complex molds using high-performance casting materials.
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