Tooling
The foundation to any successful program is exceptional tooling which is designed to meet program requirements. Carbon by Design produces both limited use and production quality tooling. Many programs which require a simple proof-of-concept can utilize cost effective machine board tools to produce extremely small quantities of samples. On the opposite end of the spectrum are high quality aluminum or steel tools which will yield hundreds of production cycles.

Tooling Capabilities:
Rapid Tools up to 4' x 8' x 2' envelope
Production Tooling from Aluminum or Steel
Capable of low and high temperatures use
High quality surface finishes
Net Molding tooling systems

Fixtures
Most of today's elaborate tooling systems require additional machining operation to achieve the final assembly. Carbon by Design has been designing and building high quality fixtures for nearly a decade.

SLS Fixtures
Laser sintering which is commonly used for rapid prototyping has been proven to be an extremely cost effective and accurate means of producing reliable, high tolerance setup and assembly fixtures. The SLS design constraints allow our engineering teams to design and fabricate fixtures that would not be mechanically possible from any other material. SLS is incredibly cost effective, and rapid in comparison to traditional machined fixtures. Average build time for an SLS fixture is 4-5 business days.