This comprehensive instructional guide demonstrates the advanced manufacturing process of fabricating high-strength composite components using custom 3D printed molds and authentic carbon fiber sheets ...

Michigan-based thermoformer Duo Form is shortening lead times and reducing costs by using 3D printing (aka additive manufacturing) to make custom molds. By leveraging additive manufacturing techniques ...

Have you ever played with Rose’s metal? It’s a fusible alloy of bismuth, lead, and tin with a low melting point of around 100 °C. Historically, it’s been used as a solder for cast iron railings and ...

Step by step process of creating a clean silicone mold for detailed 3D printed results.#3DPrinting#SiliconeMold#DIYCraft ...

3D printing has made it incredibly easy to produce small runs of plastic parts, but getting rid of the 3D printed look can be tricky and time-consuming. When you need a smooth and polished finish, or ...

An injection molded, threaded cap made from a 3D-printed metal mold insert, right, created on a Mantle P-200 machine. Within reach of you right now are probably five to 10 plastic products, or parts ...

Mantle is launching a new series of $350,000 machines that can 3D-print the mold inserts that are used to produce injection-mold plastics. It’s hard to overstate how important this will be — I caught ...

A new metal 3D-printing system from San Francisco’s Mantle promises to dramatically reduce the time and cost of creating injection mold tooling. Using its patented TrueShape technology, Mantle’s ...

Aiming to combat labor shortages, Lyons Industries has been gradually installing automated processes to replace the traditionally labor-intensive spray-up process for its fiberglass composite bathtubs ...