MANTLE CREATES THE MOLDS AND DIES THAT MAKE THE PRODUCTS YOU LOVE.
The products we love can have dozens—or even hundreds—of individual parts.
These plastic and metal parts are created from molds and dies.
Creating these molds and dies is the job of the $45B tooling industry.
Across industries, OEMs are facing growing pressure to reduce costs, accelerate development times, and improve product quality. Hidden within plain sight is the tooling process, the costly and lengthy last step between finished design and mass production.
Mantle’s solution speeds product development, increases profitability, and improves innovation by rapidly delivering precision tool steel parts that require little to no post-processing. Companies can save millions and increase sales as products are brought to market in less time and with less headache.
“The Mantle part we received demonstrated a totally new level of mold-ready surface finish and detail.”
“Fast production-quality tools are what OEMs want. Mantle delivers the solution that molders like us have been searching for.”
“While the rest of the 3D printing industry is focused on near-net solutions, Mantle’s TrueShape™ technology delivers finished parts.”
HISTORICAL PROCESSES DON’T CUT IT.
Choose below to compare the scope and impact of familiar methods:
ROUGH PART
PRECISION FINISHING
12 STEPS / 12+ WEEKS / $$ COST
While familiar, the time and cost associated with conventional manufacturing is not sustainable.
ROUGH PART
POST-PROCESSING NEEDED AFTER 3D PRINTING
10 STEPS / 14+ WEEKS / $$$ COST
3D printing only addresses a small portion of the process, costs more, and takes longer.
PRINT & SHAPE
SINTER
4 STEPS / 2-4 WEEKS / $ COST
Mantle’s process addresses the entire precision part process while reducing lead time and cost.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
DURABLE PRODUCTION TOOLING
A major consumer appliance manufacturer cut lead time by more than 70% and is in production using a mold insert made using Mantle technology. More than 200,000 parts have been molded – and counting.
RAPID TOOLING FOR HIGH-TEMP PLASTICS
Mantle-printed steel mold performs like a conventionally-manufactured tool with high temperature and pressure molding. Delivers 50% cost and 80% lead time reductions.
FOR
TOOLMAKERS
FOR
TOOLMAKERS
Create a competitive advantage by offering shorter lead times and superior tool performance via conformal cooling. Develop collaborative relationships with your customers by quickly making both prototype and production tools with high-hardness steel. With the Mantle solution, even highly complex hard steel mold inserts can be delivered in a few days with minimal post-processing.
FOR
MOLDERS
FOR
MOLDERS
Deliver high-quality parts to your customers in minimal time. For short runs, cut costs and lead times by printing complex tools using Mantle instead of conventional machining. For high volume production, Mantle tools improve part quality and reduce cycle times while lowering production costs by incorporating optimized conformal cooling channels.
FOR
OEMs
FOR
OEMs
Across industries, OEMs are facing growing pressure to reduce cost, accelerate development times, and improve quality. Mantle solutions speed product development, improve profitability, and increase innovation by rapidly delivering the precision molds and dies that OEMs need to bring new products to market.