11 Oct 12 Out 3D Printed Vacuum Forming Tool

12 Out 3D Printed Vacuum Forming Tool Another cool design for this project! This is a 12 out 3D printed vacuum forming tool for medium volume production. The tool was printed in just 2 hours and was completed in 2 weeks ...

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20 Sep 1 Tool, 3 Different Parts

1 3D Printed Vacuum Forming Tool To Make 3 Different Parts A recent project we’ve completed included 1 3D printed vacuum forming tool and 3 separate 3D printed CNC trim tools to make 3 different parts. All tools were printed ...

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09 Aug 3D Printed Dunnage Packaging With A Very Complex Shape

Check Out The Complexity Of This Tool! This is a 3D printed dunnage packaging tool with a very complex shape. Even with the complexity of the tool, it only had a 2-4 hour print time, delivered to the customer in 2 weeks. THE ...

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26 Jul 3D Printed Vacuum Forming Tool With A Very Thin Cross Suction Lip & A Deep Draw

Thin Cross Suction Lip & A Deep Draw The customer for this project had confidence in our tooling strength to make a 3D printed vacuum forming tool with a very thin cross suction lip that won’t break during forming and with ...

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30 Jun Presentation At Penn College of Technology Thermoforming Workshop

President & CEO, Darrell Stafford presented at Penn College of Technology Thermoforming Workshop Penn College of Technology is a recognized leader in the thermoforming industry and Catalysis was honored to be one of the ...

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28 Jun Designing A 3D Printed Tool By Reverse Engineering A Ren Wood Tool

We reverse engineered a ren wood tool to make a 3D printed tool Customer came to us with this ren wood tool that has: Clear delamination 2 parts needed to be glued back together  Gaps in some places after usage It’s important ...

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03 May 3D Printed Vacuum Forming Tool With A Very Deep Draw

We made a 3D printed tool with a 50″ deep draw This is a 35″ x 38″ 3D printed vacuum forming tool with a very deep draw of 50″. The porosity of our tool helped with part quality because it allows the customer ...

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