Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

James Todd Kloeb

Harold P Sears

Raymond Edward Kalisz

Charles Alan Rocco

Jeffery N Conley

Ronald H Hasenbusch

Alan Lawrence Jacobson

Bernie Gerard Marchetti

Larry Edward Ellis

Lawrence Edward Ellis

A mold core package for forming a molding tool includes a plurality of stacked particulate layers having a binding agent. The plurality of stacked particulate layers form sacrificial walls defining a mold cavity. A sacrificial displacement line and a sacrificial displacement body extend from the mold core package and are adapted to displace a molten material applied to the mold core package.

Molding tool with conformal portions and method of making the same

A mold core package for forming a molding tool includes a plurality of stacked particulate layers having a binding agent. The plurality of stacked particulate layers form sacrificial walls. An elongate sacrificial displacement line extends through the mold core package adjacent a forming surface of the mold core package. A mold cavity is defined by the stacked particulate layers.

Mold core for forming a molding tool

A reusable, low investment tool for making parts is made by a process in which a mixture of sand and an activator is applied as a layer onto which a printed resin is deposited to form a base and a pattern. A plurality of sidewalls may also be provided on the base using the same process. The tool is coated with a curable resin to form a protective shell. The reusable tool may be used as a dump box or as a vacuum forming tool for forming parts. A stamping die may be formed by drawing a vacuum through the sand layer as the resin coating is applied to more fully permeate the stamping die.

Process for making reusable tooling

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Armada, MI, United States of America

James Todd Kloeb