Invar tools, such as these massive wingskin tools shown here, exemplify the most durable of metal tools — a category sometimes called hard tooling. Although relatively heavy and expensive, metal molds ...

The rectangle appearing in the middle of the part is merely for transferring the location of a stiffening panel during the gluing stage. The location was modeled as a pocket so that the outline would ...

As composites practitioners well know, tooling for composite parts is a challenge. Metal tools are the most robust option and support rate production, but they need to be carefully engineered to match ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Desktop Metal, the company committed to making metal 3D printing accessible to engineers and manufacturers, today announced the launch of H13 tool steel for the ...