Rapid tooling with 3D printed injection moulding tool

The fast manufacturing of injection-moulding tools with 3D printing, allows for a fast and cost-effective production of prototypes close to volume production and small volumes made with injection moulding.  This might not replace the costly manufacturing of machined injection-moulded tools - but this is only profitable with a batch size of more than 10,000 units. In addition to the cost advantage, injection moulding with additively manufactured tools is significantly faster - on average, six working days are enough to finalise tools and parts.
 
A further benefit of the print2mold procedure is the fast and easy cost calculation for injection moulding in the freely available online tool. Apart from the possibility to see the total price as well as the price per unit (including tool costs) without registration, the manufacturing time for the entire project is also shown. First, the online tool automatically checks the design with regard to its suitability for the print2mold procedure - that way, possible additional effort (such as mechanical reworking) can be identified immediately and included in the calculation.
 
When the model has been uploaded and the desired material chosen (the possibility to filter according to your requirements enables you to identify the perfect material), the complete configuration can be requested immediately or else forwarded without problems for a further test.