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Eco-friendly precision tooling offers flexibility, consistency

CAMX 2025: For more than 50 years, Coastal Enterprises has supported design, prototyping and composite layup applications with its Precision Board urethane tooling board and custom bonding offerings.

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Coastal Enterprises (Orange, Calif., U.S.) is presenting precision board urethane (HDU) tooling board, a U.S.-made material used in aerospace, automotive, marine and other advanced manufacturing sectors. Coastal’s Precision Board combines high performance with fast turnaround, supporting domestic production schedules and supply chain reliability.

Precision Board is available in two formulas to meet varied process requirements: PBLT (for temperatures up to 200°F) and PBHT (for high-temp tooling up to 300°F). With 16 standard densities ranging from 4 to 75 lb/ft³, Precision Board offers flexibility and consistency across design, prototyping and composite layup applications. Its machinability and dimensional stability make it ideal for direct-to-mold tooling and patternmaking. Both PBLT and PBHT are nonabrasive, do not outgas, will not adversely affect prepreg cure, feature a low coefficient of thermal expansion and meet FAR 25.853 standards.

Precision Board is eco-friendly and certified green, supporting sustainable, high-performance manufacturing — features include a carbon footprint of 3:1, rapidly renewable resource content of 23.9%, nontoxic (no volatile organic compounds or carcinogens) and totally inert.

Coastal Enterprises offers adhesives designed to integrate seamlessly with its HDU tooling board and ensure optimal performance under demanding conditions.

Attendees are also able to learn about Coastal’s Custom Bonded Precision Board Blocks, a service that reduces waste and saves time by delivering Precision Board custom bonded to the net shape of a customer’s specific tooling dimensions, ready for final machining.

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