Mr. Spock, Engage Warp Drive! Automated Casting for Efficient Tooling

Experimenting is key. For Artek – experts in RV custom builds and mobile energy solutions, the focus has always been optimization and customization. The question is how do you make customized production efficient?

Artek is committed to experimenting with new materials and automated technologies. The company partners with technology giants like Garmin to co-develop RV monitoring and control systems.

Artek’s latest discovery is the possibility to use AM direct tooling to rapidly produce molds made of Sika-based epoxy casting resins.
Until recently, they were limited to 3-axis milling processes, hindering their ability to produce and integrate organically shaped parts. Wood is a heavy and cumbersome material to work with.

Join this exploration of automated direct tooling covering several case studies. Artek aims to replace outdated materials and processes with digital tooling to speed up the production times of the businesses that they support.
The company leverages its build expertise in the RV and mobile commercial space to innovate new custom fabrication methods for aerospace, automotive, marine, furniture, and consumer products.

Automated casting appears to also answer other manufacturing challenges:
• More efficient thermoforming
• Simpler RIM tooling
• Greater complexity for composite components
• Reduction in carbon footprint

Until recently, Artek has specialized in customized RV dashboards, customized electrics housings, customized monitoring & control, and efficient usability.

Join us to explore how large-format additive tooling can benefit production, whether for Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, yacht sterns, audio speaker housings, or railway fairing panels.

In the words of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, things are only impossible until they’re not.