MOLTEX

Laser Makes Dream Come True

Moltex have been investigating more reliable and innovative ways
of texturing that obviously help us break the traditional way of
technology. 5-Axis laser engraving system should be one of them.
The entirely digitalized technology just renders images, calculates,
and thinks numerically by itself to cut steel surfaces on mold. In
conjunction with the cutting-edge 5-axis technology, not only flat
surface but also complex three dimensional shape of mold cavity
can be treated for even big size tools like bumpers. In contrast to
the preceding method, the high energy laser directly sculpts steel
surface by ablation. The physical method simply enables three
dimensionally complex patterns which were very difficult in the
past to be realized by traditional chemical etching process.
More design freedom with higher precision is now guaranteed.

Replicable

Digitally memorized data reproduce same quality on molds as many
as repeated. This feature offers special benefits to customers who
build multiple cavities and molds for mass production in faster and
more reliable fashion of work.

No More Seam Lines with Less Distortion

Digital image rendering relieves concern of seaming and severe distortion on a complex surface. Cut-and-seam process was often unavoidable in traditional film work on such a dramatic curvature transforming area. Thanks to computer graphics, designers are able to obtain freedom to find optimized mapping condition which meets customer’s specific desire of quality.

Higher Reliability by Reverse Engineering

Traditional allowance of tolerances of big molds is often out of the range that laser beam focusing can absorb. Discrepancies between CAD data and actual mold might create mistakes that can’t be recovered. This risk can be checked prior to laser engraving by 3D scanning on mold cavity. The newly obtained surface data enables reverse engineering to read actual data of mold.

Ultra-Fine Textures Available

Laser Process