Rapid Tooling

Advantages of Rapid Tooling

For entrepreneurs, it may be hard to choose the right method in production. The cost would be an essential consideration. Each manufacturing method would have its own set of processes and strengths, so does rapid tooling. Evaluate your budgetary allocations before deciding on a method to reduce overpaying. Prototype production is required to save future costs.

With this technique, we can get benefits from it as followed.

• Time and Cost Saving

Fast production speed is one of the critical advantages of rapid tooling. Traditional process takes few months to deliver to the market while rapid tooling only needs weeks or even days. Besides, this manufacturing method helps entrepreneur’s production with tighter budgets.

• More opportunities for innovation and optimization

Because of its fast production feed and low costs, it initiates up a new range of opportunities for improvements.

• Many kinds of materials can be used

It allows to create parts with any materials with different dimensions. This helps clients find the most suitable type as the material.

How Many Steps in the Process

There are few steps are involved in the rapid tooling process.

1. Designing ideations

This is the first step of beginning the project. We should consider the measurement and placement of features, assembly process design, certification and others during this stage. After finishing the concept, we could make it reality.

2. 3D file generation

We could set up the 3D file according to our idea. In the 3D file, the sizes of workpiece, functionalities and visualization can be completed and showed to us.

3. Identification of the production sequence

In addition, the sequence of production processes is determined to construct the prototype using a continuous precision machining operation. And then, we create a tool and mold model using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software.

4. Production

If the prototype can be passed by clients, we can create the actual mold. It is available for making parts. And we can bring it on stream.

Why Do You Need the Process

Rapid tooling is a superior choice for clients who wants to test and evaluate the parts before the full-scale production. Due to its flexibility, lower production costs and faster delivery time to market, it becomes more significant. In particularly, rapid tooling helps any business that demands a final product with accuracy and consistency. It decreases the errors of production.