El Chivo Cigars – Cigar Mold
The El Chivo Cigar company, a premier tobacco brand, required new molds to expand its product line and capacity. Maloya provided a CNC-Machined solution to produce this complex product on budget and on time.
CLIENT:
Miami FL & Danli Honduras
INDUSTRY:
Food & Beverage
SOLUTIONS USED:
Design Assist, CNC Machining, and 3D Printing.
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CHALLENGE
Multi axis CNC surfacing is a challenge to program and machine. Costly material and extensive machining time is required. In addition, for this application the product needed to ship internationally.
OUR SOLUTIONS
The Maloya team used reverse engineering with the actual El Chivo cigars to produce the mold cavities. This was a new undertaking for Maloya. With this in mind the Engineering staff took advantage of Maloya's 3D printing capability and produced a single cavity mock up. This prototype was sent to the factory in Honduras to be qualified by the actual "Torcedoras" (cigar rollers). Apparently the prototype was approved with flying colors. All were impressed how quickly this was accomplished and final product was subsequently produced and delivered.
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As a marketer of an exclusive, high end premium cigar product line, we were highly fortunate to become acquainted with Maloya. Maloya’s team of experts developed our molds to exacting standards. Original wood molds were presenting challenges in terms of uniformity and durability. Maloya initially used its sophisticated 3d printing capability to prove out the mold design. The 3d printed forms were shipped to Honduras for testing. Once approved, Maloya was able to apply it’s CNC milling/surfacing abilities to produce perfect molds made from food grade HDPE. The El Chivo Cigar brand will continue to be the cigar of choice for the most discerning cigar enthusiasts thanks to the efforts of Maloya.“
The EL Chivo Team