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H13 tool steel for millions of cycles
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FIRST PROTOTYPE LEAD TIME CUT BY 80% USING TOOL-STEEL MOLD FOR HIGH-TEMP PLASTIC PARTS
A global medical device manufacturer sought a solution to significantly reduce the time to prototype parts made with high-temperature plastic. Using Mantle, a cavity and core tool-steel inserts were printed in just over 2.5 days.
WESTEC PLASTICS PRODUCES H13 PROTOTYPE TOOLING FOR MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENT IN 5 DAYS
Westec Plastics used their Mantle metal 3D printer to print a set of H13 tool steel inserts for Gracon Manufacturing. Gracon Manufacturing was implementing a design change on a plastic part already in production, so needed to get tooling as quickly as possible to validate the design change.
