Additive tool manufacturing in injection molding

Harzbased, additively manufactured injection mold inserts offer a way to shorten iteration cycles and economically produce prototypes as well as small series of components from original material.

The course is aimed at interested injection molding users and 3D printing designers who want to unlock the full potential of the resin-based additive tool building. The content covers the entire process from tool design, through 3D printing and quality assurance, to parameter finding on an injection molding machine. After participation, you will be able to implement your own projects more quickly, shorten development cycles, and establish innovative tool solutions in your company.

Content:
Overview of Additive Manufacturing
Process chain of resin-based additive manufacturing methods (SLA, DLP, mSLA)

• Data preparation
• Process-appropriate design rules
• Setting process parameters
• Post-processing
  Design guidelines for additively manufactured injection mold inserts
• Application-appropriate material selection
• Assessment of component manufacturability
• Injection molding-compatible component design
• Gate design
• Component molding
• Tool temperature control
• Hybrid tool construction
  Post-processing of the tools
• UV and heat post-treatment
• Machining post-processing
  Common error patterns in additive manufacturing and injection molding

Practical:
Machining post-processing of the tools

• Turning
• Milling
  Quality assurance of the tools via 3D scan
  Sampling of the tools and setting the appropriate process parameters in injection molding
  Discussion of results

Event location:
SKZ Modellfabrik
Friedrich-Bergius-Ring 21
97076 Вюрцбург