2Phase Technologies has developed and patented a rapid tooling system that provides nearly instant manufacture of detailed tools of any size. With the 2Phase system, tools can be made for fabrication or forming of any shape that can be processed at 350F or lower and at less than 100psi. The tooling can be formed to .005 inch tolerance in less than 5 minutes, and this concept is valid for approximately half of the 16 billion dollar per year US tooling industry that produces non-metal parts, from aircraft components to hearing aides. The 2Phase tooling system allows pattern shapes to be pressed into a forming bed while the tooling material is in the liquid form, and then the material is consolidated and turned into a rock-like hard state. Once part fabrication is complete the tool may be returned to its liquid like form, readying it to create a tool for a different part. We refer to this as a phase changeable tooling system - from the liquid phase to the solid phase, and back again to the liquid phase.
