Tooling & Mold-Making

3D Printing Solutions for Tooling

Reduce Cycle Times, Increase Cost-Efficiency

Why using additive manufacturing to produce 3D printed molds and tools? As an industrial production method, the 3D printing process of additive manufacturing offers enormous design and manufacturing freedom. The most complex of shapes can be designed and produced in the highest quality, quickly and cost-efficiently, even for small batch sizes. In this way, the process provides a solution to a tooling challenge faced by many tool and mold makers:

In many industries, producing specialized tools and parts is one of the most resource-intensive manufacturing processes. Conventional processes are typically expensive, time-consuming and technically very challenging. The 3D printing process with EOS metal materials is the answer.

 

Die Casting and Injection Molding with Additive Manufacturing

Our metal 3D printing solutions make it possible to integrate temperature control and cooling channels directly and conformally into your tools and tool inserts with DMLS technology. Conventionally, these channels can only be drilled in straight lines. However, with additive manufacturing, even highly complex shapes are not a problem, as the 3d printed tool is built layer by layer from CAD data. The heat can be dissipated much more evenly and quickly, and targeted cooling can be added around hotspots.

 

Advantages of 3D Printing in Tooling:

  • Design Freedom 
  • Optimized Thermal Management 
  • High-Performance Materials 
  • Cost Savings 
  • Digital Inventory

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Die-Casting

Injection Molding

Hot forming tool and cooling channel model (left) | © EOS

Hot Forming Tool

Tire mold insert

Tire Moulds

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Innomia | Metal 3D Printing for Conformal Cooling

Innomia uses EOS 3D printers for optimizing the production process for injection molded plastic parts. This involved a revision of the cooling process. The case concerns the manufacture of the armrest situated between the front seats.

3D printed tooling insert and final product | © EOS
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Exco Engineering | A New Era of Automotive Manufacturing - the Synergies of Die-Casting & AM

Exco Engineering is using additive manufacturing (AM) to improve high-pressure die casting processes and overcome challenges such as complex geometries and thermal conditions. Despite initial costs and industry resistance, the company's innovative use of AM to create specialised inserts and custom manifolds demonstrates its potential to revolutionise the die casting industry.

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AarKel Tool and Die Inc. | Unlocking Innovations in Tooling

AarKel’s journey into AM began about six years ago, driven by the company’s commitment to staying at the forefront of new technology. Initially focused on traditional tool and die manufacturing, AarKel began exploring metal 3D printing as a way to enhance its offerings.

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Heat Exchanger

Industries

Whether you need heat exchangers, housings, communication parts, drones, three-dimensional circuit boards or inductors – the diversity of possible additive manufacturing applications spans the entire industry.

Housings

Industries

Having a stable housing protects the interior. Robust cases are often essential, especially for sensitive electronics.

Gripper

Industries

Automation is moving forward, and all types of production and intralogistics processes are becoming increasingly networked thanks to digitalization.