Recent Developments in Fiber-Reinforced Additive Manufacturing of Injection Molding Inserts

Digitization and industry 4.0 (I4.0) processes have increased the need and possibilities of smart, flexible, and cost efficient production. Scaling down this development to the injection molding (IM) industry, IM inserts manufactured from additive manufacturing (AM) vat photopolymerization( VP) have been developed and increased their market share over the past years. [1]–[3] The inserts comprise the possibility of digital part development at low entry costs and therefore are a technology used for pilot production.