We innovate to make a difference - Higher quality with metal 3D printing

Innovation is essential to AVK. We focus on innovation and development of new and optimised products of high quality and with a long lifespan. 

With an innovative approach to the development and design of our products and solutions, we remain adaptive to current and future market demands.

Recently, we had to update some plastic moulds for some of our existing products. In that connection, the Tech department in AVK Holding A/S together with AVK International A/S and AVK Plast A/S wanted to investigate how we could update the design. 

In one of the cases, we had a product that needed a lot of machining of the top. To solve that challenge we chose to 3D print the entire inner core in a larger injection moulding tool. The 3D print is produced by the Danish Technological Institute.

“3D printing technology has helped solve the challenge of producing a part that is precise enough that machining is not necessary. Being able to avoid machining means we avoid a lot of clamping in production where you must consider the variance of the parts.” – Michael Mortensen, R&D Manager, AVK Holding A/S. 

By means of 3D printing we can now control the heat development in the tool, we have complete control over the process, and, in the end, we achieve a higher quality.