Invar tools, such as these massive wingskin tools shown here, exemplify the most durable of metal tools — a category sometimes called hard tooling. Although relatively heavy and expensive, metal molds ...

Ask any moldmaker or molder what the properties of the ideal tool steel would be, and the description might look like this: The material should be free machining to reduce tool costs; capable of a ...

Once dubbed by an industry writer the "Rodney Dangerfield" of composites, the tooling trade has definitely moved up to new levels of sophistication and earned the industry's respect. The growth of ...

Materials with unique metallurgical properties — such as titanium, tool steels, stainless steels, hardened steels and other superalloys — were developed to meet the demands of extreme applications.

GUEST OPINION: Precision is at the core of efficient, high-quality manufacturing processes. As industries demand increasingly intricate and accurate components, tooling technology has become a key ...

Dublin, Feb. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Composites Materials in Tooling Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Base Materials further strengthens its range of polyurethane (PU) tooling board materials with three new specialist products, all manufactured at its facility in Leicester, UK. The extension of Base ...

I was in a fit of nerd glee the first time I used tooling board. I’d used MDF for similar purposes before, and I doubt I ever will again. Called Renshape, Precision Board Plus, or that green stuff ...