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2:00 PM EST | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | Check Your Time

The bottleneck in injection molding profitability is thermal management; traditional straight cooling causes uneven temperatures, leading to defects and unnecessarily long cycle times.

The solution is shifting to conformal cooling. This advanced technique uses water channels that precisely follow the part’s shape, guaranteeing uniform temperature control. Manufacturing these complex internal channels is impossible with conventional methods.

Metal Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) makes it possible. This technology allows us to create intricate, high-efficiency channels directly inside mold inserts. Join us to explore how adopting metal AM for conformal cooling will drastically cut your production cycles, elevate part quality, and grant engineers unprecedented design freedom.

What Attendees Will Learn?

• Design Freedom: Discover how Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) unlocks design capabilities—allowing CAD designers and tooling engineers to create cooling channels that perfectly conform to complex part geometry, eliminating hotspots.
• Performance Metrics & ROI: Understand the quantifiable impact of conformal cooling on production, including precise data on cycle time reduction and dramatic improvements in thermal uniformity (critical for process engineers).
• Quality Control: Learn how uniform cooling directly addresses common plastic defects like warpage, shrinkage, and dimensional instability (essential for plastic experts).
• Technological Integration: Explore the specific requirements and best practices for integrating AM-produced tool steel inserts into existing mold bases and traditional manufacturing workflows (relevant for tooling engineers).
• Simulation & Validation: Gain insight into the necessary thermal simulation tools and validation processes required to successfully implement and predict the performance of AM-enabled conformal cooling channels.

【Richard Evans】
Owner of Reaction Plastics Solutions and a hands-on plastics manufacturing expert with deep experience across CNC machining, injection mold building, and plastic part design. Designs and simulates injection molds to optimize manufacturability and cycle time, and he applies practical shop-floor knowledge to solve complex tooling and production challenges. Helps product teams move from prototype to scalable production by combining precision machining skills with robust mold engineering and simulation-driven decision making.

【Steve Michon】
Steve Michon is the founder, owner, and president of Zero Tolerance LLC, a dynamic plastic injection mold machine shop based in Clinton Township, Michigan. With a lifelong passion for innovation and problem-solving, Steve began his journey as a young inventor, creating a hands-free light switch powered by a dancing flower, string, tape, and eight AA batteries—triggered by his morning alarm clock. This early ingenuity laid the foundation for his professional drive of aiming high to never miss the small targets, a philosophy that now drives Zero Tolerance’s commitment to excellence in the production mold industry.

Under Steve’s leadership, Zero Tolerance LLC has grown into a competitive force by investing in high-performance machinery, advanced tooling, and a dedicated team focused on superior customer service. The company emphasizes continuous improvement through the latest software and technologies, fostering strong partnerships with clients, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure long-term success and sustainability. Steve’s vision has positioned Zero Tolerance as an agile leader in moldmaking, where speed, accuracy, and innovation are paramount.

【Scott Kraemer】
With a 35-year career spanning roles as a Directing Manager, Tooling Engineer, Application Engineer, and Mold Designer, Scott Kraemer has excelled in the development of complex injection multi-shot molds, tooling, and products across industries, including medical, automotive, and consumer goods. Over the past 14 years, Scott has been a trailblazer in the incorporation of additive manufacturing (3D printing) for both plastic and metal into mainstream production parts and tooling. A passion for educating others about opportunities within the manufacturing industry led Scott to create the PTI Technical Academy program, which gained approval from the State of Michigan. This program provides high school students with hands-on training and showcases various career paths within the Plastic Injection Molding Industry. As of 2023 Scott has begun work with Xact Metal, a metal 3D printer manufacturer that shares his goal of integrating additive manufacturing technology into mainstream production and tooling.