Mold Making with 3D Printing | Formlabs

Why you should watch:
Moldmaking with desktop SLA 3D printers allows you to get much more functionality from 3D printing your parts and prototypes.

The majority of plastic products in the world today are manufactured by injection molding. However, fabricating molds can be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming. Fortunately, molds don’t need to be made of metal—they can be 3D printed.
SLA 3D printing provides a cost-effective alternative to machining molds and can withstand the pressure of low-volume injection molding.

What you will learn:
- How you can speed up prototyping and time to market
- Pros and cons of current mold production techniques
- Basics of mold design and how it applies to 3D printed molds
- Use cases of mold prototypes and 3D printed molds in production

[bjornml.]

Very interesting! I learned so much about molds and the do and don'ts! Both to understand issues if you order one made and if you do one yourself.

[brandonjohnson]

Very helpful. Would be useful to have a full case study of the high temp resin in manufacturing use.

[mtcru]

Could you please tell me where in this clip you discuss 3d printing for molds? If it is not the case why you choose that