Case Study: Aluminum Injection Mold Company achieves rapid delivery of complex custom aluminum molds with 3D Systems' CimatronE

Aluminum Injection Mold (AIM) Streamlines entire Quoting, Design and Production Processes with Cimatron CAD/CAM Software

Aluminum Injection Mold Company (AIM), based in Rochester, NY, is a specialist in custom aluminum molds for industries including automotive, medical and telecommunications. AIM’s single-operator project ownership and in-house mold-base manufacturing faced growing pressures: shorter delivery times, frequent incomplete customer CAD models, a lack of off‑the‑shelf aluminum mold bases, the need for reliable unattended machining, and highly complex, non‑flat geometries.

AIM adopted CimatronE’s integrated MoldDesign and NC CAD/CAM software to mend incomplete models, build and store customizable mold‑base catalogs, and generate robust, error‑free toolpaths for unattended machining. The result: faster end‑to‑end workflow with no data handoffs, the ability to produce custom mold bases quickly, reliable machining of complex parts, and delivery times compressed from months to weeks — boosting AIM’s reputation for handling difficult molds such as automotive cooling fans.

Aluminum Injection Mold

Tom Bergman

Vice President of Manufacturing