Bastech's Advanced Rapid Tooling Division offers the quickest, most accurate, rapid tooling technologies available today. Our center utilizes many different, but complementary rapid tooling processes for rapidly creating plastic injection molds, stamping dies, wax dies, and diecast dies. Our experienced rapid tooling engineers will select the most appropriate and cost effective method based on client lead-time, tolerance requirements, production volumes, and material specifications. Bastech's Advanced Rapid Tooling Division can guide your project from CAD model through plastic injection in as little as 12 to 15 days.

SLS (LaserForm A6)

SLS is a Rapid Tooling process in which tool inserts are created by laser sintering an A6 Tool Steel based powder mixed with a binder, then sintered and infiltrated with bronze (36%). The end result is a fully dense steel/bronze tool.

Main Advantages

Speed
Cost effective for complex tooling
Full automated process
Reduces/eliminates human error
Cost effective for multi tool projects
Creative design possibilities
Superior in strength and hardness to aluminum
Few geometry constraints - waterlines and undercuts permissible
Better accuracy and fewer size limitations than previous versions
Durable metal molds for 10 to 20,000 injection molded plastic parts
Can be plated, textured, machined, EDM'd, or welded (braised)
Also can be used for creating complex metal parts

Uses

DevelopmentalTooling
Cost effective, very fast
1.5 to 2 weeks, 20 to 1,000 parts
Mid-range Tooling
Consistent delivery and tolerance
2 to 4 weeks, 200 to 5,000 parts
Low-volume Production or Bridge Tooling
4 to 5 weeks, 5,000 to 20,000 parts