Injection moulding is an efficient method for
production of high-performance plastics in moving applications. The injection
moulding tools required in this regard are usually manufactured
from steel, at costs that reflect this. With the first 3D printed injection
moulding tool in plastic, igus has now developed a cost-saving alternative for
production up to 500 pieces.
As an injection moulded part, machined from bar
stock, or printed in the additive manufacturing – igus offers users a wide
variety of ways to get its lubrication-free and maintenance-free plastic plain
bearings in the required form quickly and without huge costs. Therefore every manufacturing method has its
own advantages: Whereas large quantities of any iglidur material can be produced
in the injection moulding process, cheaper special forms can be made from bar
stock. With additive manufacturing cost-efficient, smaller batches can be
produced with special iglidur 3D print materials. Now, the motion plastics
specialist has combined the two methods to offer the customer the freedom in
the choice of materials, and at the same time to enable the production of special forms in
larger quantities.
The
best of both worlds
By using 3D printing igus is now able to
produce customer-specific injection moulds made of high-performance plastics in
a short time. With the SLS process the appropriate tool can be produced quickly
and used in the existing injection moulding machine. The prerequisite is that
the injected moulded parts must have simple geometries. To make injection
moulded parts the customer has a wide range of iglidur materials available that
are tribologically-optimised and predictable online: from chemically and
temperature resistant up to the highest performance materials for almost any
movement. With the printed mould tools, the customer gets the possibility of
obtaining the required special part quickly and cost effectively even in larger
numbers whilst maintaining application suitability. Distinct advantages arise
therefore, especially in the test phase. Users who want to test samples for
subsequent batches are often faced with the challenge in terms of bar stock or
3D printed products, because these parts clearly differ from the moulded parts.
For this reason, the final endurance test is often done with injection moulded
parts. Due to the 3D-printed injection mould, the special part is very close to
the series product in the test phase and the costs are reduced considerably at
the same time.
For more details please visit: http://www.igus.in/wpck/13370/3D_Druckservice?C=IN&L=en
About igus® India
igus®
operations in India started in the year 1998 with head quarters in Bangalore.
igus offers widest range of products that includes polymer bearings, igubal® Linear
Motion Bearings , Plain Bearings and
Bushing Accessories etc. which enable them to serve the whole industrial
establishments in India from a small work shop to huge industrial
establishments.
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