COMPOSITE TOOLING Design Guide Develooment for Composite Tooling Producec with Accitive Manufacturing (FDM)

The advanced composites industry has a continual need for innovative tooling solutions to enable new applications and product improvements, as well as address the constant demand for reductions in response (lead) time and costs. Stratasys Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technologies allow rapid production of cost effective, highly capable composite tooling across a broad range of tool sizes, complexity, and cure temperatures. This paper will outline the development efforts, testing, and characterization performed to produce a comprehensive design guide for additive manufacturing (FDM) of high temperature (>350 degrees F) molds and mandrels for fabrication of composite structures.