Adapa’s (Aalborg, Denmark) reusable, adaptive mold system replaces the time and waste of CNC machining and one-off mold production by using the composite part’s digital design file to actuate cylinders which form the system’s silicone membrane surface into curved shapes for molding composites, concrete and glass or thermoforming foam, thermoplastic laminates, etc
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