Epoxy Tooling

A rapid prototyping master of the customer part is created with tolerances of ±0.005" for stereolithography masters, or ±0.002" for CNC machined masters. The molds themselves are made by pouring aluminum-filled epoxy over the masters, allowing for very rigid and accurate tooling with good cooling properties and durability. The epoxy tooling is then placed in a standard mold base to produce parts. Currently, parts up to 8" x 8" are supported.

Once tooling is created using this technologies, PADT can produce actual parts out of a variety of materials using PADT’s in-house short run presses or for larger parts or greater quantities, at one of the PADT-approved local injection molding service providers. A variety of resins are supported in-house, including: