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scottracing - 4/2/2019 2:53:41 PM

depends on what process you are using?? Prepreg / Infusion / Wet lay and what cure cycles you are using as temperature governs a lot of what the tool will be made from.
And also its geometry dependent as the mould will wear with use.

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scottracing - 4/2/2019 6:47:12 PM

How many parts do you want to make?
Tooling board is usually about 3 to 10 parts as it degrades after every cure.
Aluminium tool will last a good few hundred to thousands of parts if you look after it.
Carbon prepreg tool is hundreds into a 1000 plus parts if you look at it.
Then tool steels like p20 that are very expensive will last thousands.

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cvasilliou - 4/3/2019 9:48:04 AM

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scottracing - 4/2/2019 6:47:12 PM

How many parts do you want to make?
Tooling board is usually about 3 to 10 parts as it degrades after every cure.
Aluminium tool will last a good few hundred to thousands of parts if you look after it.
Carbon prepreg tool is hundreds into a 1000 plus parts if you look at it.
Then tool steels like p20 that are very expensive will last thousands.

That helped me a lot thank you so much.

I am just preparing a presentation,where I have to say what molds should be used for mass production parts. Now all i want to find is how many parts considered as mass produstion!

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Fasta - 4/3/2019 1:30:15 PM

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cvasilliou - 4/3/2019 9:48:04 AM

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scottracing - 4/2/2019 6:47:12 PM

How many parts do you want to make?
Tooling board is usually about 3 to 10 parts as it degrades after every cure.
Aluminium tool will last a good few hundred to thousands of parts if you look after it.
Carbon prepreg tool is hundreds into a 1000 plus parts if you look at it.
Then tool steels like p20 that are very expensive will last thousands.

That helped me a lot thank you so much.

I am just preparing a presentation,where I have to say what molds should be used for mass production parts. Now all i want to find is how many parts considered as mass produstion!

Mass production may be 10+ of the steel moulds? $$