In the past two decades, 3D printing technology has developed rapidly, "Rapid Prototyping (RP)", "Additive Manufacturing (AM)", "Solid Free-form Fabrication". "The various names are different from the different aspects of the characteristics of this technology. 3D printing ("RP/AM") technology is a technique for making physical models from CAD (Computer Aided Design) data through molding equipment and material stacking. This molding process can print out any shape without the need of traditional tools, fixtures and machine tools, effectively shortening the production cycle, improving product quality and reducing production costs. It is the most advanced and mainstream production method on the market. one.
3D printing shoe mold manufacturing status and application trends
“RP” and “AM” are the collective names for 3D printing additive manufacturing. With the development of the industry, 3D printing has begun to change from “prototype production” to “real manufacturing”, which is the overall development tone of the 3D printing industry. The irreversible trend of 3D printing technology.
As far as the application side of the footwear industry is concerned, most of the current brand manufacturers, mold factories, and shoe factories are mainly used in "generation of wood molds", "seeing patterns", "casting prototypes", etc., as the process is gradually improved, functional light-curing materials The emergence of SLA light-curing 3D printing technology has gradually changed from "RP" rapid prototyping to "AM" manufacturing production. 3D printing is no longer defined as research and development equipment, but is truly used as a manufacturing process in the market. The front end. At present, some enterprises in the shoe industry have begun to use this technology and materials for direct mold production. We call it “3D printing rapid mold”, which is also the most meaningful embodiment of 3D printing additive manufacturing.
The emergence of 3D printing rapid molds enables the rapid and precise manufacture of products of any complex structure, thus realizing the "free manufacturing" of parts, solving the formation of many complicated structural parts, and greatly reducing the number of processing steps and shortening the time to market. .
Materials & Equipment
The functionalization of 3D printing materials determines the functionalization of products. Luntech has accumulated nearly 20 years of industry application experience. Currently, it has photocurable materials for industrial end performance close to engineering plastics, high transparent acrylic curing materials, and applications. Highly flexible photocurable materials for try-on, high temperature resistant photocurable materials for replacing molds, etc.
Luentech's strategic partner DSM Somos has a 280-degree high temperature photocurable material with excellent performance, high hardness and high temperature resistance. It is suitable for the production of more rigid components such as wind tunnels for aerospace and automotive applications. Models, as well as quick molds. This material has great application prospects in industrial end injection molding and sole mold.
[industrial end mold drawing, sole mold drawing]
3D printing fast mold case
Rapid mold making for shoe molds - IM EVA (Injection mold EVA)
3D image file import device directly prints temperature-resistant mold/core pattern, suitable for: PU mold irrigation bottom / IMEVA
Applying 3D printing to IM EVA mold manufacturing is a very flexible and fast production method. It can effectively reduce the cost of molding, reduce waste, and get products in a short period of time, achieving twice the result with half the effort.
Applicable equipment:
FM700/FM450
FL700/FL600/FL450
Suitable for rapid mold production & casting production & R&D sample & digital bite print
What is the 3D printing quick mold?
- Get real injection products in three to five days
- Verify your design faster with real injection molding products
What can a 3D printing quick mold do for you?
- Get real products within 5 days instead of models
- Shorten product verification cycle
- Eliminate mold costs for small batches, no machining, no soft mold
- Get real performance data during the product design phase
- 3D printing fillet capability is stronger than CNC. If only a small number of parts are required, the 3D printed mold design is more free than the machined mold.
- Jumping out of traditional thinking limitations
What are the benefits of 3D printing fast molds?
1. Mold production cycle shortened
Imagine if you could provide the user with the final parts in just a few days to validate the design concept or put it directly into use, and let the time to market be faster than the competition, what would it be? A feeling? 3D printing dies accelerate the progress of product development, improve flexibility, adaptability, shorten the entire product development cycle, and become the source of driving innovation.
2. Reduced manufacturing costs
Based on the basic 3D data, the device is directly imported into the unattended production, which greatly reduces the labor cost. 3D printing can also quickly produce accurate molds in a few hours, which has a positive impact on the production process and profit, especially when there is a need to modify the product after the start of production. The flexibility of 3D printing can make countless products. Iterate over the iterations and reduce the cost of design modifications.
3. Added more functionality to the end product?
3D printing can infinitely improve the design of the mold. It has the ability to integrate design and reduce the number of parts, greatly simplifying the assembly process and reducing tolerances, making the high-performance end products faster and more defective. less.
3D printing technology application is no longer the prototype era, companies do not need to invest a lot of money and time for traditional mold development and manufacturing before the new product goes on the market. 3D printing can make the mold infinite design correction and improvement, optimize the manufacturing process, and reduce the cost. At the same time, it can quickly produce molds, be more precise and environmentally friendly, and will not cause waste of raw materials, noise and chemical pollution, and greatly improve the ability of products to resist risks.
3D printing technology is revolutionizing the manufacturing mode of traditional sole molds, and it also promotes the further development of the whole industry. Production begins to enter the era of modeless batch production, and is applied to commercialization and cost more suitable for market demand. The outbreak of the footwear market has arrived, and a new round of competitive advantage is evident.
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