| Overview: injection mould tools - aluminium alloy mould tools | |
| Due to the ever increasing need for low costs & short lead times, aluminium alloy mould tools are extremely popular. Using such technologies, we're able to make injection mould tools for you quicker & at less cost than the competition. How? See below for details | |
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Most of our injection mould tools are made using aluminium alloys developed by Alcoa & IBM. Unlike standard aluminium which is soft & only suitable for mould tools to make a few mouldings, alloy mould tools are much tougher & capable of making hundreds of thousands of mouldings for you - see Tool Plate Comparison Chart With closer to tool temp. ejection, mouldings are made with less stress, distortion, warpage & post mould shrinkage. |
| Above: Simple demo. results to show difference between standard aluminium & aluminium alloy. 2 pieces are hit together edge to edge - normal aluminium is badly dented, the alloy hardly scratched |
We've made 600+ alloy mould tools helping firms like yours get high quality tools & mouldings at low cost & in less time than our competition. Such experience & properties enable us to guarantee how many mouldings your tool will make. Uniquely, we can further increase the life of your tool by locally Nickel Cobalt plating it to Rockwell hardness 55. |
| More reasons to use Toolcraft for injection mould tools | |
| By investing in technology, we can make injection mould tools for you at low cost & in less time than our competitors. If you have sla evaluation models made before making new parts 3D CAD models & IGES/STL files are made first. If you e-mail or post these to us, we can use them in tool design+manufacture software, to eliminate some design time normally required. |
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| Our machining software differs from others, by calculating the optimum toolpaths needed to make the tool & stops cutters from machining areas cleared by previous ones. This enables your mould tools to be made in less time than with other systems. Across: actual example of this system, statistics as follows :- 1+1 Cover & Baseplate Tool - Price: £ 3355 Delivery: 3 weeks Both the price & delivery include sla models |
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