3D Printing: Viewpoints from the MMT Editorial Advisory Board, Part 1

 

In each 2019 issue of MoldMaking Technology, members of our editorial advisory board have contributed their viewpoints about additive manufacturing and its role in moldmaking. What’s interesting is that each company has a different level of experience with the technology. Not everyone has invested in it for their shops, but all see the value of using it to educate, to produce better cooling solutions and to explore even more possible uses for it to advance mold manufacturing.

Below are summaries and links to four of our EAB members’ columns.

 

 

Putting 3D Printing to Work – Ryan Katen, Micro Mold Co. & Plastikos 

Micro Mold and Plastikos 

together have invested more than $400,000 in technologies and processes related to 3D printing and reverse engineering over the last three years.

 

 

 

 

 

A Systematic Approach to Laser Sintering – Richard Stueber, NyproMold 

As an early adopter of laser sintering technology, NyproMold uses a very focused, two-step strategy for evaluating when it makes sense to use it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3D Printing Offers a Link to Manufacturing Careers – Kylee Carbone, Westminster Tool 

Evaluating 3D printing’s role in workforce development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital Manufacturing Insights – Gabe Meldrum, Midwest Mold Services (formerly of International Mold Corp.) 

When it comes to digital manufacturing, International Mold Corp. uses scanning, reverse engineering, and inspection, but has not ventured into 3D printing. A team attended an integrated digital manufacturing conference to learn more. Here is what they discovered.

 

To learn more about 3D printing in moldmaking, visit MMT’s Additive Manufacturing Zone.