Mantle’s High-Precision Shaping Package Improves Mixed Metal 3D Printing Technology

San Francisco, US – Mantle Inc, the leader in metal 3D printing for toolmaking, recently announced the release and availability of its High-Precision Shaping package, which dramatically expands the capabilities of the company’s hybrid metal 3D printing technology. The package enables tool rooms to automate more of their toolmaking processes by producing sharp corners and edges without costly and time-consuming EDM operations. The company will showcase its new capabilities at the Plastics Technology Expo 2023 in Rosemont, Illinois, from March 28-30, at booth #1416. 

The company’s High-Precision Shaping package includes:

• 006" and 0.010" ball mill cutting tools, enabling radii under 0.003", comparable to sinker EDM.
• An update to the company’s software, which automatically produces machining toolpaths and eliminates the need for any CAM programming.
• A 70 percent improvement in feature sharpness, allowing for finer feature creation and an expanded range of geometries compatible with the TrueShape process.

By eliminating the need for EDM and other toolmaking operations, the company’s High-Precision Shaping package helps tool rooms reduce the time required to produce mold tools by up to 75 percent.

As Eric Derner from Mantle’s customer, Nicolet Plastics, comments, “Mantle allows us to offer production-grade tooling to our customers in prototype time. With Mantle's H13 tool steel and new High-Precision Shaping capabilities, we can print tools in-house and deliver complex molded parts to our customers weeks faster than before.”

Image Source: Mantle Inc

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