Objective Plastic is the most often used material to manufacture goods due its qualities (cheap, light, recyclability). However, European plastic transformers, especially in fashion industries (toys, accessories, frame glasses) face a strong competition coming from Asian countries and need to find ways to reduce the lead-time from finished design production part and market. This project is based on an emergent rapid tooling technology for plastic injection moulds, based on stereo-lithography; the laser sintering of metal powders. This technology will allow the rapid production of print that could be put on standard moulds frames to use them on injection machines.It is aimed by this project to produce mould:- 30-50% cost reduction;- 6 times quicker than with conventional technique: (4-6 days compared to 7-8 weeks)- directly usable for small serie (5000 parts) where she conventional rapid tooling technology produce tools for hundreds of parts.To reach these goals, it will be necessary to work on several aspects:- formulation of metallic powders- laser sintering of these implementation of the prints made into standard moulds. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-1. - Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme EAW - Exploratory awards Coordinator BERTHET BONDET S.A EU contribution No data Address Zone du Moulin Bellignat 01106 OYONNAX, BELLIGNAT France See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ELECTRO OPTICAL SYSTEMS GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Pasinger Strasse 2 82152 Planegg - München See on map Total cost No data