Tooling and Modeling Board

Polyurethane Board for Tools and Molds

CMT provides a complete line of tooling, styling and modeling boards for every design need.

 

While tool board materials perform a critical role in the thermoforming market, selection of the correct tool board can be difficult.  With the most common use being prototype development and short production runs, price is obviously a critical factor.  But when form, fit and function are always on the line and finished part appearance (particularly for optical clarity) provides the critical first impression, what is the best way to balance price vs performance?

Along with the high-performance copolymer syntactic foam tool board material (CTB-44) produced by CMT, we have also scoured the globe and are pleased to provide a selection of low cost, polyurethane board materials our customers report as highly effective for their prototyping/short run needs.

 

Tooling Board Product Comparison Chart

PRODUCT COLOR DENSITY (LBS/FT3) HARDNESS (SHORE D) TENSILE STRENGTH (PSI) COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (PSI) COMPRESSIVE MODULUS (KSI) FLEXURAL STRENGTH (PSI) FLEXURAL MODULUS (KSI) GLASS TRANS. TEMP (°F) COEFFICIENT THERMAL EXPANSION (IN/IN/°F)
CTB 44 Blue-Gray 44 80   8,010 290 6470 334   22 x 10-6
RAMPF MB-0600 Brown 37.5 50 – 55   2,200 – 2,900   2,200 – 2,900     (27-30) x 10-6
RAMPF MB-0670 Brown 41.8 60 – 65   2,200 – 2,900   2,900 – 3,600     (28-31) x 10-6
RAMPF MB-0720 Brown 45 60 – 65   2,900 – 3,600   3,600 – 4,400     (28- 31) x 10-6
RAMPF SB-0130 Light Yellow 8.0     218 – 290   348     (28) x 10-6
RAMPF SB-0240 Light Green 15.0     290 – 580   730 – 870     (33-39) x 10-6
RAMPF SB-0320 Apricot 20.0     730 – 1,020   870 – 1,200     (33-36) x 10-6
RAMPF WB-0691 Blue 43.1 70 – 75 2,200 – 2,900 7,300 – 8,700   3,600 – 5,100     (19-25) x 10-6
RAMPF WB-0801 Gray 49.9 65 – 70   5,800 – 6,500   5,100 – 5,800 220 – 230   (25-28) x 10-6
RAMPF WB-1223 Red 76.3 75 – 85   8,700 – 10,000   10,000 – 12,000     (44-47) x 10-6
RenShape 450 Brown 41 65 2,300 2,800 135 4,000 144 205 36.0×10-6
RenShape 460 Brown 48 64 1,800 2,200 181 3,700 185 219 29.9×10-6
RenShape 470 Gray 104 90 4,700 9,500 866 8,700 983 232 22.7×10-6
RenShape 472 Gray 55 81 7,000 10,900 460 9,540 416 248 25.8×10-6
RenShape 5169 Red 75 85 9,000 8,800 366 14,000 380 206 40.8×10-6
RenShape 5008 Blue 42 68 3,500 8,300 350 4,600 350 287 18.0×10-6
ASTM Test   D-792 D-2240 D-638 D-695 D-695 D-790 D-790 D-4065 D-3386