U225X / ENGINEERING UNWARRANTED

Printed Press Brake Tooling

Public record / EXP-0028 / Revision A

PUBLIC RECORD
U225X

A deliberately temporary set of forming jaws for low-volume sheet work. The experiment is less about replacing steel than finding the threshold where a printed tool becomes useful.

STATUSUNDER TESTCLASSIFICATIONEXPMATERIALNYLONDATE2026.08.02

TECHNICAL NOTES

Short-run forming tooling. The first jaw survived longer than expected.

SPECIFICATION

MaterialPA12 nylon

LoadEstimated 1.8 kN

Use case0.8 mm aluminum

DispositionTest article

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

2026.08.02Rev AFirst controlled bend completed.

2026.07.29PrototypeJaw tip deformed on third attempt.