Tooling & mold manufacturing
Cut mold and tooling lead times from weeks to days. Stop losing programs to delivery times you can't promise and free your CNC for the precision work that justifies it.
The reality
Mold shops compete on lead time
Composite molds, automotive tooling, and large patterns are won and lost on delivery. The price is rarely the deciding factor. What matters is whether the part is on the customer's floor when they need it, and that timeline is set by how long the CNC takes to remove material.
The cost
CNC roughing eats the schedule
Cutting large molds from solid stock burns CNC hours, generates expensive scrap, and blocks the schedule for the finishing work the machine should actually be doing. Segmentation and bonding add manual operations and tolerance risk to every step.
What changes
Near-net molds, finished where it counts
SinuCraft hybrid cells print near-net-shape molds in one piece, then finish them to tolerance on a robotic CNC running the same Siemens control system as your existing machines. Less material, less time, fewer operations.
Built on
The control stack your team already knows
SINUMERIK ONE motion. G-code input. CAM workflows your engineers already use. The hybrid cell behaves like CNC because it is CNC, paired with industrial additive. No new platform, no parallel software stack, no adoption project.
How we deploy
From audit to production in weeks, not quarters
We don't sell a machine and walk away. We start from the molds you actually produce, design the hybrid workflow around them, and stay with you through commissioning and ramp-up. Three phases, predictable timeline, no surprises.
Phase 01
Audit
We look at your current throughput, the molds that consume the most CNC time, and the geometries that drive your delivery risk. The output is a clear picture of where hybrid manufacturing pays back and where it doesn't.
Phase 02
Process design
We define the split between additive and subtractive for your typical mold types, match material strategy to your applications, and align CAM workflows with your existing CAD/CAM practices.
Phase 03
Commissioning and ramp-up
Installation takes about a week. First production molds run within two to three weeks. Operator training and program validation happen alongside your team, not in isolation.
Built in the Czech Republic
European components throughout, with NIS2-grade security built in via the Siemens platform.
What changes for your mold shop
Molds in days
Near-net mold in days, CNC finishing only where tolerance demands it.
Large parts in one piece
Skip segmentation and bonding. Print the mold whole in a 6-axis envelope.
CNC capacity returned
High-value CNC hours go back to precision finishing, not roughing.
Material economics
60-80% less raw material per mold. Less scrap, leaner supply chain.
FAQs
“We would like to express our complete satisfaction with Sinucraft. Two and a half months ago, they delivered and installed a large-format 3D printer for us. During this time, we have been testing it intensively with various materials, and the machine works flawlessly. What we particularly appreciate, however, is the fantastic technical support. Whenever we needed help or a consultation, the team was always available, ready to connect remotely and resolve any issue. We definitely recommend working with Sinucraft.”
Michal Drugaj
Sortec
Let's talk
Send us a part. We'll show you where hybrid manufacturing replaces CNC roughing, what the workflow looks like in your shop, and how the economics work out for the molds you actually produce.