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TOOL PERFORMANCE

The performance of your tooling must satisfy a multitude of variables:

the materials being used, moving components, part quality, cycle time, volume of parts and tool maintenance. Standex Engraving Mold-Tech provides tool enhancement services to meet these complex demands, optimizing both function and quality.

Laser Hardening

As an innovating leader in research and development, we are looking to bring technologies to you that add true value. Our laser hardening process hardens steel in localized areas, eliminating the deformation and potential warpage caused from heat-treating. Hardening in local areas can extend the life of sharp parting lines, high-abrasion areas, eliminate galling, and extend tool wear. This technology is effective for a variety of applications and molds, including small tools. Laser hardening services are available in Italy and Germany.

Laser Hardening

As an innovating leader in research and development, we are looking to bring technologies to you that add true value. Our laser hardening process hardens steel in localized areas, eliminating the deformation and potential warpage caused from heat-treating. Hardening in local areas can extend the life of sharp parting lines, high-abrasion areas, eliminate galling, and extend tool wear. This technology is effective for a variety of applications and molds, including small tools. Laser hardening services are available in Italy and Germany.

Laser Hardening

Tribocoat® Mold Coatings

Exclusively available at Standex Engraving Mold-Tech, Tribocoat® is a proven composite electroless coating that has the best combination of corrosion and wear resistance, dry lubrication and adhesion properties. Extend mold life, reduce cycle time and enable a quick effortless release with this performance-engineered coating.

Release Coat

Release Coat is a proprietary mold surface treatment developed by Standex Engraving Mold-Tech to produce injection-molded parts free of defects.  Release Coat recontours mold surfaces at the micro level to cover pores, crevices and any etch-marks for superior mold release. It creates smoothness to create low gloss levels, increase scratch resistance and minimize stains, tiger striping, ghosting and other inconsistencies.

Tribocoat® Mold Coatings

Exclusively available at Standex Engraving Mold-Tech, Tribocoat® is a proven composite electroless coating that has the best combination of corrosion and wear resistance, dry lubrication and adhesion properties. Extend mold life, reduce cycle time and enable a quick effortless release with this performance-engineered coating.

Tribocoat Mold Coatings

Release Coat

Release Coat is a proprietary mold surface treatment developed by Standex Engraving Mold-Tech to produce injection-molded parts free of defects.  Release Coat recontours mold surfaces at the micro level to cover pores, crevices and any etch-marks for superior mold release. It creates smoothness to create low gloss levels, increase scratch resistance and minimize stains, tiger striping, ghosting and other inconsistencies.

Release Coat

We can get your tool into production fast and keep it running at optimal performance.

With our carefully engineered tool finishing services and ongoing support, you can rely on our expertise every step of the way to achieve outstanding quality and save time – this is our combined offering to streamline the Stage 2 process.

Laser Micro-welding

Depend on the meticulous precision of our highly skilled technicians to perform a repair using laser micro-welding. With microscopic magnification, light energy is expertly manipulated to rapidly heat the weld zone with no transfer of heat through the mold.

Polishing and Lapping

Handcrafted lapping and mirror-finishing is the manual practice of metal workmanship using canvas, stones and abrasive pastes applied with specialized instruments. It takes an artistic eye and great ability to polish steel and other metals to create high performance molds. We have refined the traditional work processes and invented patented tools to guarantee effective and efficient service.

Laser Cladding

To accommodate engineering changes while maintaining the integrity of the mold, Laser Cladding is a highly specialized additive process. Like a 3D printer for steel, this process conveniently allows design alterations to be applied and refined to the mold with minimal impact to the base material.

Polishing and Lapping

Handcrafted lapping and mirror-finishing is the manual practice of metal workmanship using canvas, stones and abrasive pastes applied with specialized instruments. It takes an artistic eye and great ability to polish steel and other metals to create high performance molds. We have refined the traditional work processes and invented patented tools to guarantee effective and efficient service.

Polishing and Lapping

Laser Cladding

To accommodate engineering changes while maintaining the integrity of the mold, Laser Cladding is a highly specialized additive process. Like a 3D printer for steel, this process conveniently allows design alterations to be applied and refined to the mold with minimal impact to the base material.

Laser Cladding

Try-out Support

You can rely on our continuous support during the initial testing stages of a new mold.  We will have a technician on “stand-by” ready for your call or available at the try-out to do any touch-up work necessary. During preliminary production, you can depend on our technical specialist to help you solve any problem with a quality result and get you back into production quickly.

Tool Maintenance and Repair

Maintaining your tooling at optimal performance is critical for efficiency.  Our technical team can take on the task of mold maintenance to ensure your molds are in top condition.  We perform mold repairs and modifications with the added benefit of in-house laser welding, polishing, and texture repair.  We guarantee the quality of our workmanship, and deliver results that get you quickly back into production.

On-site Support

With 46 plants in every corner of the globe, we are available to visit your facility to conduct repairs, saving costly press down-time and shipping fees.

Assembly and Tool Management

Getting your tool from first shots into production can seem like an endless loop. We can make this process easy for you, by internally providing mold dis-assembly and re-assembly, as well as organizing and supporting tool try-outs. With our integrated services of laser welding, polishing, and tool repair, we can get your tools into production in record time.

Zero Parting Line (ZPL)

The ZPL process is an exclusive Standex Engraving Mold-Tech technique to eliminate the appearance of matched-insert parting lines. The insert is carefully hand-worked in the cavity, set in the molding position, and then textured in place, delivering a perfect parting line match. Zero parting lines are possible.

Try-out Support

You can rely on our continuous support during the initial testing stages of a new mold.  We will have a technician on “stand-by” ready for your call or available at the try-out to do any touch-up work necessary. During preliminary production, you can depend on our technical specialist to help you solve any problem with a quality result and get you back into production quickly.

Tool Maintenance and Repair

Maintaining your tooling at optimal performance is critical for efficiency.  Our technical team can take on the task of mold maintenance to ensure your molds are in top condition.  We perform mold repairs and modifications with the added benefit of in-house laser welding, polishing, and texture repair.  We guarantee the quality of our workmanship, and deliver results that get you quickly back into production.

On-site Support

With 46 plants in every corner of the globe, we are available to visit your facility to conduct repairs, saving costly press down-time and shipping fees.

Assembly and Tool Management

Getting your tool from first shots into production can seem like an endless loop. We can make this process easy for you, by internally providing mold dis-assembly and re-assembly, as well as organizing and supporting tool try-outs. With our integrated services of laser welding, polishing, and tool repair, we can get your tools into production in record time.

Zero Parting Line (ZPL)

The ZPL process is an exclusive Standex Engraving Mold-Tech technique to eliminate the appearance of matched-insert parting lines. The insert is carefully hand-worked in the cavity, set in the molding position, and then textured in place, delivering a perfect parting line match. Zero parting lines are possible.

Texture Repair

As the world leader in the art and science of texturing, you have access to the best source for mold surface repair. We have the ability, knowledge and experience to restore the damaged area back to a perfect harmonious texture with no distortion. For example, a texture can be lightened in a local area to help the mold run smoothly. Also, welds can be reworked to blend in undetected and burrs can be removed without risk of flash or parting line damage. We will repair it to perfection.

Texture Repair

As the world leader in the art and science of texturing, you have access to the best source for mold surface repair. We have the ability, knowledge and experience to restore the damaged area back to a perfect harmonious texture with no distortion. For example, a texture can be lightened in a local area to help the mold run smoothly. Also, welds can be reworked to blend in undetected and burrs can be removed without risk of flash or parting line damage. We will repair it to perfection.

Texture Repair

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