Electroformed Nickel Tools are a leading edge rapid tooling technology that reflects the production requirements in the cost of the tool. No longer will you be required to invest in a tool that can produce an infinite number of parts when it is only necessary to produce 1000 parts. Metalon Molds' modular design make it economical to produce anywhere from 20 to 100,000 parts.

Electroforming is an extremely accurate metal forming technology. A metal coating is chemically bonded to a model or pattern and removed. The surface shape and detail is reproduced on the inside of the metal coating. In the Metalon Mold process, a nickel coating is electroformed to a prototype of your final part. The prototype is removed exposing the mold surface. Depending on the production requirements, these molds can be fitted with contoured cooling lines and cast in a conductive, high-temperature epoxy. Machining time can be reduced up to 90% by generating a prototype from a photo-curable resin, such as Stereo-Lithography (SLA).