InnoCast GmbH has been devoting itself to a new business area for several months: fiber composites.
Known from lightweight construction in the form of glass or carbon fibers (carbon), fiber-reinforced plastics are already used in a variety of ways.
The challenge here lies primarily in the area of costs. Here, explicitly the tooling costs, especially for prototypes and very small series, are difficult to allocate to the number of pieces.
Many years of experience and accumulated know-how in the production of sand 3D printing molds gave InnoCast CEO Thomas Bettermann an idea.
Cost drivers in the production of negative molds or master models for fiber composite components are primarily the material costs for ureol or aluminum. In addition, costs (and large amounts of waste) arise in the area of milling.
3D printing is creating new opportunities, which have recently been brought to market. In collaboration with Cropfiber GmbH, an innovative startup from Dortmund, various internal and external projects have already been implemented. With the help of Cropfiber’s knowledge in engineering and manufacturing of (natural) fiber composite components, work was done on the technology and surface preparation.
The advantages are particularly in the area of time efficiency and low raw material costs. They also lie in the generally known advantages of 3D printing. Transferred to the production of molds for the manufacture of fiber composite components, there was quite a bit of development and research effort behind it. This could be wrapped up in a patent.
In cooperation with Cropfiber GmbH, the large-area molds for the ASPHALTKIND roof box were completed in this process, in addition to the machining of molds for customer projects. In this way, we are further opening up to the free market for fiber composite component manufacturing.
So challenge us and make your inquiry for the efficient production of tooling molds or master models. For the production of fiber composite components!