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Bridge Tooling can also be known as development tooling or rapid tooling, and defines a stage in development where there is a need for moulded parts but production tooling is unavailable. Its name coming from the fact that it forms a bridge between prototyping and production.
First and foremost, it is important that we are talking tooling grade aluminium, 7000 series or higher. Softer grades will only survive very short runs and are frequently behind the bad stories that people recite.
Compression Moulding is a great process that is commonly used for thermoset materials, such as silicone and a variety of rubbers.
The benefit of 3D data is that we can use it in so many different ways. Optimisation is one of those many options.
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