Applications of laser assisted metal rapid tooling process to manufacture of molding & forming tools — state of the art

By D. Ahn. 2011

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Differences in microstructure and properties between selective laser melting and traditional manufacturing for fabrication of metal parts: A review (2015, methodology): “Compared with laser engineering near-net shaping, electron beam melting, plasma melting, and other metal 3D printing technology, SLM can also be applied to fabricate parts with enhanced accuracy and fine structure [1].”
Numerical and experimental evaluation of a conformally cooled H13 steel injection mould manufactured with selective laser melting (2017, background): “a lesser extent laser metal deposition (LMD) [11].”
Multi-objective optimization of injection molding process parameters for short cycle time and warpage reduction using conformal cooling channel (2016, methodology): “Fortunately, additive manufacturing technology is recently used and the application to molding and forming tools is reported [29].”
SLM tooling for die casting with conformal cooling channels (2014, background): “Studies on conformal cooling channels in injection molds have been recently reviewed in [2].”