ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Machining

Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems

DMLS printers using metal additive powders selected by Linear AMS to produce high-quality, accurate, consistent 3D-printed mold components with certification and traceability.
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Additive Manufacturing

Optimized 3D Printer Targets Dental, Medical Applications

The new Trumpf TruPrint 1000 offers faster print speeds, higher quality parts and requires less floor space.
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Mold Components

A 3D Printing Retrospective

A personal review of the evolution of 3D printing in moldmaking throughout the past 25 years.
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Additive Manufacturing

High-Precision Shaping Program Further Automates Precision Moldmaking

Mantle expands the capabilities of its hybrid metal 3D printing technology, enabling finer feature creation and expanding the geometries compatible with its TrueShape process.  

Additive Manufacturing

3D Printing Technologies for Moldmaking Applications

3D printing technologies, from conformal cooling to complex mold building, are making an impact on the moldmaking industry, one innovation at a time.
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Additive Manufacturing

Qualified Tool Steel Enhances Thermal Transfer, Long Tool Life

Next Chapter Manufacturing has successfully qualified HTC-45 tool steel, an optimized version of H13, to support better thermal transfer and faster cycle times for molders and die-casters.
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Additive Manufacturing

All-in-One Wire-Laser Metal 3D Printer for Mold Manufacture, Maintenance

Meltio’s M450 system is designed for industry without the need for industrial, providing application versatility from industrial prototyping to mold and die to cladding and repair.  

Additive Manufacturing

Internal Cladding Head for Hybrid CNCs Enables Longer-Living Molds

The Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Ambit Flex 22i enables CNC additive heads to access difficult-to-reach areas for metal deposition.  

Additive Manufacturing

Pellet Extrusion 3D Printing Raises Advantages in Thermoforming, Vacuum Forming Molds

3D Systems’ Atlas and Atlas-HS thermoplastic pellet extrusion 3D printers offer high-speed printing of molds with high-performance, high-temperature materials.  
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Additive Manufacturing

Die-Cast Mold Conformal Cooling Achieved Through Hybrid Multi-Material 3D Printer

The DMG MORI Lasertec 65 DED hybrid combines 3D printing with milling to manufacture cooling channels in a single setup.  
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