Reddit user [thetelltalehart] has been making brake press tooling with 3D printed PLA, and recently shared an interesting picture of a hybrid brake press punch, shown here on the right, in blue.

A special treat for many of the members was a hands-on session with artist/art teacher Patricia Clark. She demonstrated the technique used in copper tooling, and then gave members a piece of copper ...

With X1 Tooling, manufacturers now have fast, affordable, and local tooling options for the final production of metal, plastic, and composite designs NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ExOne ...

The semiconductor industry's push toward advanced packaging has made wafer dicing the critical gatekeeper of yield, especially for ultra-thin wafers and complex copper pillar interconnects. In 2026, ...

Not long after humankind mastered the art of refining metals such as copper, bronze and tin, they invented metal tooling to bring beauty into their world. Artisans learned to create exquisite designs ...

Dieless robotic sheet forming is a fully digital process for forming large sheets of metal rapidly into complex contours. Robots fitted with various end effectors work on each side of a suspended ...

Copper-tooling is the art of embossing patterns or pictures on sheets of metal. This art form, also known as Repoussage, is done by hand. Damayanthi Kottegoda and S. Ratnagopal and their pupils – ...

As composites practitioners well know, tooling for composite parts is a challenge. Metal tools are the most robust option and support rate production, but they need to be carefully engineered to match ...