Mold, Tool & Die Solutions
Solutions for jigs, fixtures, gauges, patterns, molds, tools and dies
Technology & Process Solutions
Javelin SOLIDWORKS products offer integrated modeling, simulation, and communication tools that mold, tool, and die manufacturers need to design better products faster and at lower cost.
Our solutions allow tooling designers to:
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Confidently Handle RFPs
Requests for Proposals (RFPs) will be more accurate for injection-molded or progressive die part, because you can identify potential problem areas and point them out to prospective customers during the proposal development process.
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Design & Manufacture Tooling
SOLIDWORKS provides a complete software solution for design, simulation, and manufacturing of molds, tools, and dies.
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Deal with Design Changes
Through associativity, when your customer changes a design with a new CAD file, you can simply import the CAD file into the original part design, and use it to automatically update the mold, tool or die design.
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Automate the Process
By providing a wide range of integrated capabilities, the SOLIDWORKS design environment helps you automate many aspects of the design process with integrated analysis tools for validating designs using software prototypes.
Additive Manufacturing Solutions
From injection molding and composite tooling to forming tools and jigs and fixtures, Stratasys tooling solutions let you embrace more opportunities, act faster and shrink the time and cost of production.
Our additive solutions allow manufacturers to run:
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Low Volume Production
3D printing low-volume production tooling means you can create prototypes from the same process and materials that you’ll use for the final product.
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Accurate Parts
Stratasys PolyJet technology produces tool masters with fine feature detail and smooth surfaces right out of the build chamber.
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Tooling on-demand
Create jigs, fixtures and assembly aids faster and for less cost than traditional tooling with 3D printing. They can be easily optimized for specific tasks, individuals or equipment.
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Composite Tooling
Forego the high cost and long lead times of traditional composite tooling for 3D printed tools instead. They’re lighter, easily tailored to the specific application and offer disruptive time and cost savings in comparison. For complex and hollow composite structures, 3D printed sacrificial tooling makes the job much easier with a user-friendly, washout process.
Technology for Mold, Tool & Die Design
Drive innovation and connectivity with SOLIDWORKS software
Automated mold, tool and die design, analysis, and validation tools enable you to produce better tooling in less time and at a reduced cost. You can meet customer demand for shorter lead times and reduced pricing, while improving your profitability.
Utilize the software solutions below to create your tooling:
SOLIDWORKS Premium
SOLIDWORKS Premium includes powerful simulation, motion, and validation tools, wire and pipe routing functionality, and reverse engineering capabilities
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation gives product engineers access to powerful CFD analysis capabilities that help enable them to speed up product innovation
Customer Example
F-B Tool & Die design precision stamping dies with SOLIDWORKS
F-B Tool & Die Limited use SOLIDWORKS and Partner Products to offer a complete tooling service including design and build, tool manufacturing, precision machining and troubleshooting expertise.
With more than 60 years of industry experience, F-B Tool & Die Limited is known as a leading producer of precision stamping dies ranging from palm size to five tons in weight.
Mold, Tool & Die Process Management
Deal with change more effectively to improve profitability
By providing a wide range of integrated capabilities, the SOLIDWORKS design environment helps you automate many aspects of the design process with integrated data management tools for organizing your tooling design projects.
Discover our process management solutions:
SOLIDWORKS PDM
SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management (PDM) products manage and synchronize your design data across your entire enterprise with a single solution
Additive Manufacturing Mold, Tool & Die Solutions
Advanced materials and techniques for tooling production
Overview
With 3D Printing you have the opportunity to create tooling and custom fixtures giving you the flexibility to embrace more opportunities, act faster and shrink the cost and risk associated with traditional production.
Stratasys offers the world’s most advanced 3D printing solutions, allowing mold, tool and die designers to print production tooling in less than a day as opposed to days and weeks for traditional metal tools. Instead of spending time and money to machine, fabricate, mold or cast your tools you can easily print them using a variety of high performance materials. Watch the case study video below to learn more:
Typical Applications
- Creating Jigs and Fixtures
- Blow Molds
- Silicone Molds
- Injection Molds
- Shock Testing
- Sand Casting
- Low volume part runs
Additive Manufacturing Machines & Materials
Stratasys 3D Printing builds tools faster
Go from the design studio to the factory floor in a fraction of the time it takes other development processes. Prototype, test, and produce all manner of tools, jigs, fixtures, and manufacturing aids on-demand with unprecedented speed and efficiency.
With a Stratasys 3D printer you can reduce scrap and retooling by testing injection molds and other tools before machining them. Discover the machines and materials available for tooling production:
MakerBot METHOD Carbon Fiber
MakerBot METHOD Carbon Fiber Edition 3D Printer allows you to print strong, heat-resistant metal replacement parts out of carbon fiber reinforced nylon.
ST-130 Sacrificial Tooling
ST-130 Sacrificial Tooling material simplifies the production of hollow composite parts. Complex tools can be 3D printed and easily dissolved after curing.
PC-ABS
PC-ABS is a high-impact engineering thermoplastic with heat resistance ideal for functional prototyping, tooling and low-volume manufacturing
Digital ABS Plus
Digital ABS Plus™ is designed to simulate standard ABS plastics for better impact strength with high-temperature resistance, toughness and superior finish.
ABS-M30
ABS-M30 is ideal for conceptual modeling, functional prototyping, manufacturing tools and production parts. ABS-M30 has greater strength than standard ABS.
Additive Manufacturing Applications
How do Mold, Tool & Die engineers use 3D printers?
Casting Master
Casting master patterns can be 3D printed for substantial savings in cost, labour and time, ultimately speeding new product development.
Composite Tooling
3D print cost-effective, high-temperature, custom composite tooling in days — instead of the weeks or months required for traditional tooling processes.
Why Stratasys 3D Printing for Mold, Tool & Die?
Recommended Mold, Tool & Die Machine
Stratasys F900 Production System
Advanced Digital Manufacturing
The Stratasys F900 is the ultimate manufacturing-grade production 3D printer with the widest array of engineering-grade materials, maximum throughput, largest build platform, and highest accuracy.
Replace Expensive CNC Production
By replacing expensive and lead-time critical CNC-machined tooling with in-house 3D printed tooling, you can dramatically reduce your production costs. The printed plastic tooling also perform better technically, weigh less, and are well suited for the production of complex tools that, when using conventional metal-cutting processes, would be very difficult and costly to produce.
Design changes are more cost effective
In cases where design changes are required, a new iteration of a tool can be created in-house at minimal cost. This, combined with the speed of PolyJet 3D printing, allows tooling designers and engineers greater design freedom.
Accurate Design
Tools created in Digital ABS material can be precisely built in 30 micron layers, with accuracy as high as 0.1 mm. These production features create a smooth surface finish so post-processing is not needed in most cases.
Featured Case Study
3D Printing Automotive Tooling
Solaxis 3D print an Automotive Jig cutting weight and improving accuracy.
With the help of Stratasys 3D printers, Solaxis designed and manufactured a jig for an automotive supplier, which uses it to assemble high-volume plastic door seals.
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