Alba Enterprises LLC developed the mold base seen below and in the video above specifically with 3D printed mold tooling in mind. That is, steel mold tooling made additively, perhaps through laser powder bed fusion or through the Mantle TrueShape metal paste process. The chief benefit of making this tooling additively is in product development, Alba says. Tools capable of production molding can be made in lead times short enough for rapid iteration of the mold design and molding process. This video shows a mold base Alba created specifically for this mode of product development.
The mold base is essentially the frame that…..