ABSTRACT
Rapid Tooling applications have seen a new boost with the emergence of Direct Metal Laser Sintering and Selective Laser Melting, technologies being capable of layer manufacturing completely dense parts and tool inserts in standard high-alloyed tool steel. Molding applications have been the first to be successfully tested for prototype and small batch production and even implemented in some large-scale production applications, making use of the advantageous Conformal Cooling in plastic injection molding and aluminum high pressure die casting.
