MOLTEX

Laser Makes Dream Come True

Moltex have been investigating more reliable and innovative ways
of texturing that obviously help us break the “law”. 5-Axis laser
engraving system should be one of them. The entirely digitalized
technology just renders images, calculates, and thinks by itself to
cut steel surfaces on mold.
Thanks to the cutting-edge 5-axis technology, not only flat surface
but also complex three dimensional shape of mold cavity can be
treated up to bumper size. In contrast to the preceding method,
the high energy laser beam directly sculpts steel surface by
ablation. This physical
method simply enables three dimensionally complex patterns
which were very difficult to be realized by traditional chemical
etching process. More design freedom as well as preciseness are
now guaranteed.

Combination with Etching Creates Cheers

Moltex have been investigating an alternative and more reliable
way of texturing. 5-Axis laser should be one of them.

Replicable

Digitally memorized data reproduce same quality on molds. This
feature offers special benefits to customers who build multiple
cavities and molds for mass production.

No More Seam Lines with Less Distortion

Digital image rendering relieves concern of seaming.
Cut-and-seam process was often unavoidable in traditional film
work. Thanks to computer graphics, designers obtain freedom to
find optimized mapping condition which meets customer’s specific
desire of quality.

Higher Reliability by Reverse Engineering

Tolerances of big molds is often too large for higher accuracy of
laser beam focusing. Discrepancies between CAD data and
actual mold.

Ultra-Fine Textures Available

Due to accurate control of laser dots focusing on surfaces,
about 50 micron dots and lines are now available. This means
very tiny and delicate patterns, which were not possible by
traditional chemical etching can be realized on e-dimensional
mold surfaces. Design crfeativity reinforce this feature giving
birth of striking quality of art.

Laser Process