3D Printed PEEK Shoe Industry Development Mold

Project Description

Datang Xinxin Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd was established in 1989 and located In Nanhai District Foshan City, Guangdong. The factory covers an area of 60,000 square meters and has more than 500 employees. They are specialized in production of various EPR/EVA/ Rubber sole materials, sports equipment and leisure products, which meet the international environment ROHS standards, and sell well at both domestic and oversea market. At present, the company produces 5 million pairs per year, and earn up to 100 million yuan per year.

In traditional way, the mold for making shoe soles need to be used for a long time, due to the restriction of the surrounding temperature and condition of 180°C and 140 BAR, PEEK is introduced among all other 3D printing materials. Due to the excellent properties of PEEK materials, it creates a feasible condition for this application industry. PEEK material is a special engineering plastic with excellent characteristic, such as high temperature resistance, self-lubricating, easy processing, and high mechanical strength. In theory, PEEK materials can be used in high temperature environment (260°C) for a long time and maintain in its best performance.

The tensile strength of 3D printed PEEK products can reach a range of 63-88 MPa, tensile modulus of 3.35MPa, compressive strength of 55-70MPa and bending strength of 81.5 MPa, which are good performance of 3D printed peek materials. In general, molds printed using 3D printing technology, named as development molds, usually only need to be used for 3-5 times and at last metal will still be used to produce the final model mold.

Therefore, 3D printing PEEK mold only needs to ensure that it can be used three times, that means, this method can greatly improve the efficiency of mold development. By using 3D printed mold, mold development projects can be quickly realized to improve R&D efficiency and meet all high temperature and high-pressure criteria. IEMAI 3D MAGIC-HT-L 3D printer can achieve a layer resolution of 0.05-0.3 mm and it performs very well when printing large-size PEEK molds. It is the best molding effect among several companies in comparison. There is no wrapping happening when printing, thus, Datang Xinxin Rubber and Plastic Pte Ltd choose this model to produce PEEK material development molds.

The project manager of Datang Xinxin Rubber and Plastic Co. Ltd said, “Using IEMAI 3D printing solutions, we greatly shorten the time required to R&D mold and verification. We believe that 3D printing technology can change the entire industry in the future.

↓↓Brand Introduction of IEMAI 3D↓↓

Imai Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise in China focusing on 3D printing R&D and production. Its brand IEMAI 3D is a global industrial grade 3D printer brand, committed to provide users with the “All in one” 3D printing solution of multi material compatible issue. IEMAI 3D supports most of the thermoplastic materials in the 3D printing markets and assist the user to resolve the issue encounter during manufacturing, and all 3D printers and materials have contained CE and ROHS certification. We attach great importance to brand building and have obtained trademarks certificates from China, United Sates and the European Union. We pursue core technology research and development, and have obtained software copyrights, invention patents, utility model patents, appearance design patents, and the title of national high-tech enterprise. At present, our 3D printing solutions have been applied to aerospace, automotive, petrochemical, medical, dental and electronics manufacturing.

Project Details

Application Field: Shoe mold
Terminal: Datang Xinxin Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd
Mold 1 Size: 100 mm x 251 mm x 45 mm
Mold 2 Size: 100 mm x 251 mm x 53 mm
Time Spend: 60 Hours
Filament Used: 1.2 Kg
Cost: $685

Printer & Material

Printer Used: MAGIC-HT-L

Material Used: PEEK

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