Upcoming
WEBINAR: TOOLMAKING SHORTAGE SOLUTIONS
The toolmaking industry is facing significant labor shortages, yet the demand for domestic tooling is on the rise. This webinar will explore data around toolmaker labor challenges and discuss how toolshops and molders leverage technology to thrive and secure their future in this challenging landscape.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn valuable strategies for overcoming industry challenges.
NATIONAL PLASTICS EXPO (NPE)
With more than 55,000 leaders from over 110 countries representing every industry—from automotive to healthcare to consumer products to construction and more, NPE is the largest plastics trade show in the Americas and one of the most innovative business events in the world.
Visit Mantle in booth: S27055
Automating Toolmaking with Metal 3D Printing (NPE)
During the AM Workshop at NPE, Mantle's CEO and co-founder, Ted Sorom, will explore the metal 3D printing landscape for injection mold tooling, share why he started the company to address the specific challenges faced by the tooling industry, discuss the latest advancements in the industry, and share examples of how injection molders, OEMs, and tool shops are automating their toolmaking with Mantle’s metal 3D printing technology.
CONVERGENCE HOSTED BY HARBOUR RESULTS (NPE)
A Matchmaking Event Connecting Mold Builders and Molders
This invitation-only event brings mold builders and molders together to establish business relationships. This is a space where leaders will share business needs and identify potential partners, creating a win-win-win for the North American plastics industry.
Email sales@mantle3d.com for an invitation.
THE ONLY 3D PRINTER BUILT FOR TOOLING (NPE)
Join Mantle's Chief Commerical Office, Paul DiLaura, in the Moldex 3D booth for a presentation on Mantle's metal 3D printing technology that was specifically designed for printing injection mold tooling.
SPE AUTO EPCON
Join Mantle's Daniel Miller at his presentation at the SPE Auto Epcon titled Accelerating validation and launch with 3D printed steel tooling.
Tooling lead times can become a bottleneck for product development and launch cycles. Hear how Mantle's 3D printing technology can produce steel tooling in a fraction of the time of traditional tooling while helping molders, toolmakers, and OEMs address challenges from the shortage of skilled labor.
RAPID + TCT
This three-day event features the latest in 3D-printing technology from the industry’s leading product and service providers. The expansive show floor will showcase over 400 exhibiting companies’ latest advancements.
Visit Mantle in booth: 1524
Recent Events
HOW 100-YEAR-STRONG GENERAL PATTERN SUCCEEDS WITH 3D PRINTED METAL TOOLING
Hear first-hand from General Pattern, an injection molder with in-house tooling services and over 100 years of experience, is addressing the labor issue, increasing toolmaking capacity and helping OEMs accelerate product development by integrating Mantle’s 3D printer to automate its toolmaking processes.
AMERICAN MOLD BUILDERS ASSOCIATION (AMBA) CONFERENCE
Meet with various mold builders and molders for this three-day educational conference on all things mold tooling.
Mantle will be speaking on how their metal 3D printing technology is used to automate the toolmaking process, alleviating the labor challenges that the industry faces.
MD&M WEST
MD&M West has developed into one of the leading medical device trade shows in the US. Inspired by the life-saving solutions and innovations that companies all over the world push to evolve, MD&M West’s mission is to unify the international medical device community together to support the growth of their company objectives and push the boundaries of the medical field to save and improve lives across the globe.
TOOLMAKING AUTOMATED: METAL 3D PRINTING FOR PRECISION TOOLMAKING
Hear first-hand from Westminster Tool, a Connecticut-based toolmaker specializing in complex injection mold tooling for the medical device industry, on their additive journey and why they invested in a Mantle system. Westminster Tool will share case studies—with data—on how they are adding value with their Mantle system.
MPO SUMMIT 2023
Focusing on outsourcing for medical device manufacturing coupled with updates on innovation in the space, Medical Product Outsourcing’s conference series—the MPO Summit—has provided the medtech industry with the most comprehensive programs for more than 15 years.
Mantle will participate on a panel on 10/18 titled, The Ever-Evolving Landscape of Medical Device Plastics Manufacturing, with other thought leaders about new innovations in medical device plastic manufacturing.
MD&M MINNEAPOLIS
Join Mantle at MD&M Minneapolis for this industry wide event exploring the latest trends and technologies across the medtech and manufacturing industry!
Plastec Section
Booth #2127
MAPP BENCHMARKING & BEST PRACTICES CONFERENCE
Join Mantle at the Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference. This conference brings together industry leaders, innovators, and experts nationwide to explore the forefront of manufacturing technology and its impact on plastics manufacturing businesses. This conference showcases the latest breakthroughs in manufacturing processes, automation, industry data, robotics, supply chain management, and more.
Mantle’s customer Westec Plastics, will present how they incorporated Mantle’s metal 3D printing technology as a plastic injection molder and share use cases with lead time and cost data.
Molding + MoldMaking Conference 2023
Join Mantle at the Molding + MoldMaking Conference! The conference aims to be the leading educational forum for molders and mold manufacturers looking to take their businesses to the next level. Content will be focused on technical innovations, business strategy, and workplace development in the industry.
Mantle will be featured in a joint presentation entitled “Metal 3D Printing that Makes Dollars and Sense” which features Mantle customers Westminster Tool and Nicolet Plastics.
Innovation and Emerging Plastics Technologies Conference
Join Mantle and over 200 other plastic professionals for a two-day conference with presentations by industry experts and hands on tutorials of the newest innovations in plastic processing. The event is held at Penn State’s 10,500-square-foot plastics processing lab, the largest, most comprehensive plastics training lab in the country.
Mantle’s senior tooling engineer, Scott Kraemer, will be presenting Wednesday, June 21st, on Mantle’s metal 3D printing technology for toolmaking. Scott’s presentation will dive into how Mantle is automating the toolmaking process and share use cases of molders, toolmakers, and OEMs who are adding value with Mantle.
AMBA Conference 2023
Join Mantle at the AMBA conference for a presentation from Mantle’s Senior Tooling Engineer, Scott Kraemer. Scott will explore the metal 3D printing landscape for injection mold tooling and talk about the various technologies that are successfully being implemented in tool shops like yours.
Westec Plastic’s VP of Tooling, Travis Meeks, will join to discuss how Westec is implementing metal 3D printing into their toolroom to reduce lead time and costs while unlocking additional capacity without hiring additional toolmakers, a challenge the whole industry currently faces.
Deep dive: software
Join Mantle for a deep dive into our TrueShape software. Mantle’s software automatically does all programming for additive and subtractive toolpaths, removing the time-consuming and costly CAM step from tool building. Since the TrueShape process alternates between printing material and machining material, parts can have detailed, deeply inset features produced with ease.
Rapid + TCT
Join Mantle and 10,000+ other AM professionals at the Rapid + TCT conference to see the latest advancements from Mantle and the rest of the 3D printing industry at the must-attend 3D printing show of the year.
Booth: 1528
Redefining Metal 3D Printing for Injection Mold Tooling
Agenda:
- Toolmaking challenges faced by molders, toolmakers and OEMs
- Metal 3D printing landscape for tooling
- Introduction to Mantle’s metal 3D printing technology for toolmaking and how it differs from traditional and other metal 3D printing methods
- Detailed look at Mantle’s technology including accuracy, surface finish and material properties
- Examples of how molders, toolmakers and OEMs have implemented Mantle to reduce tooling lead times and costs
Plastics Technology Expo 2023
Join Mantle and Westminster Tool on Wednesday, March 29th at 11:30 am CST in the Mold Making Tech Talk Theater.
Toolmaking simplified: Results from using hybrid metal 3D printing for medical molding
Hillary Thomas, Vice President at Westminster Tool
Scott Kramer, Senior Application Engineer at Mantle
Plastic News Executive Forum
Modular Molding – How metal 3D printed tooling enables quick turn molded parts
Moldmaking Simplified: Hybrid Metal 3D Printing for Mold Tooling
MD&M West
The MoldMaking and Molding conference is ideal for molders and mold manufacturers looking to take their business to the next level!
The industry’s best Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference for processors!
The Manufacturing Technology Community Reconnects @ IMTS 2022
