Casting
Sand Printing’s Side Benefit
A pattern maker is now able to skip the pattern by printing foundry mold components directly in sand. This figurine is a byproduct of the way the company batches the sand-printing jobs for greater efficiency
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3D Printing As an Alternative to Patternmaking
Hoosier Pattern has changed its business in a way that dramatically expands the design freedom available to its customers. Historically, the company has machined foundry patterns. Today, it uses 3D printing to create molds and cores directly from sand.
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Rapid Tooling: Faster, Better, and Less Expensive
Don’t think of rapid tooling purely for prototyping or short runs. Additive tech is making it possible to produce steel tools that have decided benefits for injection molding and die casting.
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Shop Controls Its Own Destiny
Waiting sometimes 12 weeks for delivery of aluminum castings was a production bottleneck for this Colorado aerospace component manufacturer. Using a novel combination of solids modeling software, verification and stereolithography, the company managed to reduce lead times by 25 percent. This approach may be one your shop can use as well.
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