Overcoming shortcomings of rapid tooling

• Two technologies that enable rapid sheetmetal forming and overcomes shortcomings of rapid tooling are Dieless sheetmetal forming and sheetmetal forming using reconfigurable tooling
• Dieless sheetmetal forming, also referred to as Incremental Sheetmetal Forming (ISF), manufactures sheetmetal parts without using conventional special-purpose tools
• Sheet metal forming using reconfigurable tooling uses tools made of discrete elements, making it possible to rearrange them into a new shape