Mold Materials
Aluminum Plate for High-Temperature Tooling Applications
NPE2024: Ellwood Specialty Metals exhibits its EllCast 2 aluminium plate. Its strength at high temperatures, combined with high thermal fatigue resistance and hardness, makes EllCast 2 ideal for critical applications.
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420 Stainless Steel Qualified With TrueShape 3D Printing Technology
NPE2024: Mantle highlights its additive manufacturing technology designed for precision tooling, including the availability of 420 Stainless Steel.
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Machine-Ready Blanks Help Mold Shops Reduce Production Time
Plate and sheet distributor TCI Precision Metals offers made-to-order square, flat and parallel blanks in a variety of material options and with added feature options.
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Mold Materials, 3D Printing Technologies for Next-Gen Moldmaking
As moldmaking advances, so too do the materials and processes involved in their efficient production, including these latest mold materials and 3D printing technologies.
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Tool Steel Improves the Efficiency of Molds, Injection Molding Using AM
AddUp partners with Swiss Steel Group to introduce Printdur HCT, enabling manufacturers to significantly reduce production cycles using conformal cooling channels.
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Xact Metal, Uddeholm Partner to Offer Corrax Tool Steel Powder
Moldmakers and molders will have access to a mold steel capable of an A1 surface finish post-polishing, supporting the industry’s expansion into metal 3D printing.
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Tool Steel Alternative to S7-Based Molds
NPE2024: International Mold Steel showcases its DCMX steel as an alternative to S7, providing mold builders uniform hardness for even machinability and clean welds and other benefits.
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Corrosion-Resistant Mold Steel Designed For Polishability
NPE2024: Uddeholm showcases its Tyrax ESR mold steel that combines toughness, corrosion and wear resistance.
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Tight-Tolerance, 100% Recyclable Steel Plate Processing
Steel 21 strives to make mold builders more efficient with flat, parallel and more sustainable steel plate grades for plastic injection and compression molds.
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Sintered, Porous Mold Steel Eliminates Gas Buildup
Molder’s World highlights its acclaimed Vortex self-venting mold steel, which uses a system of microscopic, interconnected pores to optimize molding processes.
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