Mantle's high-precision shaping capabilities in metal 3D printing

Mantle expands the capabilities of its hybrid metal 3D printing technology, allowing for finer feature creation and dramatically expanding the geometries compatible with its TrueShape process

https://www.mantle3d.com/
Mantle’s software automatically generates all toolpaths, 6 thou ball endmill toolpaths shown here
Mantle

Mantle, the leader in metal 3D printing for toolmaking, released its High-Precision Shaping package. The package, which includes 0.006” and 0.010” ball mill cutting tools and automated toolpathing software, enables tool rooms to automate their toolmaking process by producing sharp corners and edges without requiring EDM operations. By eliminating EDM and other toolmaking operations, Mantle helps tool rooms reduce the time required to produce mold tools by up to 75%.

© Mantle | https://www.mantle3d.com/
6 thou ball endmill with printed part


“At Mantle, our goal is to help tool rooms increase the number of complex mold tools they produce while reducing the time, cost, and labor to produce them,” says Ted Sorom, Mantle CEO and co-founder. “By deploying our new High-Precision Shaping capabilities, our customers can produce steel tools faster than ever - without requiring programming, setup, and operator time from overworked toolmakers.”

© Mantle | https://www.mantle3d.com/
Mantle’s new High-Precision Shaping package
prints features that would require extensive EDM
to produce via traditional manufacturing


Mantle's TrueShape technology combines 3D printing of its tool steel pastes with traditional CNC machining to refine the shape of printed tools and deliver accuracy, surface finish, and tool steel properties unmatched in the metal 3D printing industry. Mantle's 3D printer is built on a trusted CNC platform and utilizes multiple cutting mills to refine the shape of the printed tool while it is still in a soft state. Mantle's new High-Precision Shaping package enables tool rooms to produce tools with radii under 0.003", a 70% improvement compared to the .010" radii previously attainable, thereby eliminating more of the costly and time-consuming EDM operations of traditional toolmaking.