MOLDED FIBER · FREEFLOW® TITANIUM TOOLING, POWERED BY E-PBF

Design freedom conventional tooling cannot deliver

AIM gives molded fiber producers the freedom to create packaging geometries conventional tooling cannot deliver: deeper draws, more complex features and more even forming across the part. Titanium tooling, engineered for long service life in serial production.

FreeFlow®

proprietary titanium forming tool

FreeFlow®

proprietary titanium forming tool

In serial production

with industrial molded fiber producers

In serial production

with industrial molded fiber producers

Days, not months

from concept to forming tool

Days, not months

from concept to forming tool

WHAT aim brings

Design freedom, built to last in serial production

Design freedom that unlocks new packaging

AIM's FreeFlow® tooling concept lets producers design deeper, more complex screen geometries than conventional tooling allows, turning previously unmanufacturable ideas into market-ready packaging.

More even forming, built to last

Optimized E-PBF build strategies deliver more uniform forming across the part, and titanium tooling engineered for long service life protects the margin case in serial production.

Rapid prototyping from concept to mold E-PBF

Compresses the tooling iteration cycle from months to days, so producers can test multiple design variants and reach production-ready tooling faster.

Quick to replace, minimal downtime

Forming tools designed for quick replacement, so a worn or damaged tool can be swapped out fast and the line keeps running with minimal downtime.

Mold-agnostic

The FreeFlow® screen carries the forming function itself. The perforation that controls draining and the distance pins that distribute vacuum are built into the screen, and it is stiff enough to hold its shape without being spot-welded in place. That means it drops onto whatever mold you already use, a 3D-printed plastic mold, milled POM or milled aluminum, with no change to how you work. We make the screen; you bring the mold.

Because the screens are 3D-printed, several nest and stack into a single build. At AIM we run them on the large-format Q20, where one build cycle is shared across multiple screens, spreading the running cost and bringing the cost per screen down. The result is forming tooling that competes on price with conventional options, even in a cost-sensitive industry.

Mold-agnostic

FreeFlow®

The FreeFlow® screen

A FreeFlow® screen is a 3D-printed titanium forming surface, the pulp-facing part of the tool. Because it is printed rather than built by hand from soldered wire mesh, every perforation can be set individually for size, position and shape. That gives full control of perforation density, so draining is optimized zone by zone across the screen, and the titanium is built for long life in demanding production.

FreeFlow®

The FreeFlow® screen

Pilot to serial in 9 months. Three Arcam systems, ISO 13485. Pilot to serial in 9 months. Three Arcam systems, ISO 13485.

FreeFlow®

Distance pins and even vacuum

On the back of the screen, distance pins set a precise gap between screen and mold. That gap distributes vacuum evenly, drawing it from the larger openings in the mold through to the fine perforations on the forming surface, so suction stays uniform across the whole screen.

FreeFlow®

The complete tool, on any mold

Mounted on a mold, the screen becomes a complete forming tool. Because the perforation and pins are built into the screen itself, it performs the same whatever mold the producer chooses.