Soft Tooling from www.smartmoldtech.com

SmartTech can delivery of first article samples, 3 – 6 weeks

Delivery of production, 2 – 12 weeks after First article approval

Soft tooling is less costly than Hard Tooling

Pattern cost is higher than Hard Tooling. This is because the tooling will cycle slower due to the poor thermal conductivity of mold material

Life of soft tooling is limited. Life will depend upon the complexity of part. The more complex the shorter the life

Surface finish and dimensional control is not as good as Hard Tooling

A single SLA (stereolithography) or Objet pattern is generally used to make the tooling