Strategy for Shortened Manufacturing cycle of mold tool in extremely short terms

This article aims to consider a manufacturing cycle of parts in extremely short terms. As example a mold tool for safety goggles was produced. It was a task assigned by the Ministry of Economy of Republic of Bulgaria for design development and serial production of safety goggles, related with COVID-19 situation and difficulties in deliveries of goods. In the execution of the project’s tasks are involved the teams and machine equipment of laboratory “3D Creativity and Rapid Prototyping” in Sofia TechPark, laboratory “CAD/CAM/CAE in industry” in Faculty of Industrial Technology in Technical University of Sofia and the Bulgarian industrial company “Arexim Engineering” JSC. The agreed deadline for start of a serial production is 14 days by the task setting date. A strategy for shortened production cycle of the tool in order to fit in the terms was developed. This strategy has potential to become a methodology for similar cases, which gives the companies the opportunity to appear on the market very fast with a new high quality product or areas where production time is critical as implant production.