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Rapid Tooling -- Sandel can make most tooling in one to two days. Products with multiple
components may require several days. All products depicted herein were
tooled in 1 to 5 days (except the Beam Kiosk).
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Soft Tooling -- We can provide soft tooling for clients who
anticipate design changes. These tools are fast and inexpensive and can be changed
quickly
with minor cost impact.
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Tool Quality -- Sandel Tooling is made from a proprietary
medium that has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion and operates at a lower equilibrium
temperature than aluminum. Simply put, these tools do not grow or shrink during vacuum
forming. This allows us to make parts, like the Marine
Pods,
which must fit together line-to-line and large parts of consistent size without temperature
controlled
tooling.
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Deep Draw -- Under certain circumstances, we can produce a relatively  for special applications.
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Rapid Prototyping -- The rapid prototyping industry has greatly accelerated
the development cycle. Stereo-lithography, fused deposition modeling (FDM), and other
methodologies use computerized modeling software to create solid models. Sandel
Products can make vacuum forming tools directly from these solid models. This
procedure
allows the client to create a model or prototype which can be used to create the vacuum forming
tooling. This eliminates intermediate steps going from prototype to production.
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