The production of tool inserts using 3D printing reduces risks and costs.

Be it in mechanical engineering, the automotive industry, hydraulics or the sanitary/heating/air conditioning area: users must be able to ensure that tested items work when they are in used in series production. A prototype in the actual material therefore has considerable advantages during development. This is produced using Rapid Tooling at Pöppelmann KAPSTO®. With this regenerative process, the tool insert is manufactured using 3D printing and inserted into an existing master tool mould. Manufacturing from series production material then takes place – e.g. EVA, if the item is to be flexible and soft. In this way, our customers receive almost the identical item that they would get from a steel tool for series production from the printed tool insert for prototyping.

Thanks to Rapid Tooling, customers of Pöppelmann KAPSTO® can get an exact impression of the appearance and characteristics of the future series-produced products during the development phase. Under optimum conditions, near-series production is even possible after just one week. In this way, improvements in the form of modified items can flow directly into current series production on projects in which process or quality problems occur during series production.