Re: RP for production casting in metal

From: Tom Richards (tomr@aicasting.com)
Date: Sun Mar 21 1999 - 00:35:42 EET


Ben: We have cast them all, and continue to use patterns from most of your
listed RP processes. They all have their merits for the economical
production of particular kinds of cast parts, depending mostly on their size
and intricacy. Best Regards, Tom Richards, Metallurgist

At 12:50 PM 3/15/99 +0000, you wrote:
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>My collegues and myself at the Rapid Prototyping and Tooling Centre at
>Warwick University are undertaking an analysis of the various applications
>of RP technology for the low volume production casting of metal components.
>
>To this end we would like to hear from anyone who has experience casting
>from -
>
> SL Quickcast II
> Trueform I and Castform
> Actua
> Sanders
> Z Corp
> FDM
>
>Our primary concerns are with -
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> Accuracy
> Surface finish
> Casting integrity (ie: ash content and repeatability)
> Requirements for pre-processing before casting
>
>Ideally we would like to use the standard investment process and so would
>also appreciate advice as to whether it is feasible to use the same shell
>thickness and de-wax (autoclave) cycle.
>
>We would appreciate either personal experience or directions to other
>sources of information relating to this topic.Please send all
>correspondence to -
>
>
>Ben May
>EBM MSC
>International Manufacturing Centre
>Warwick Manufacturing Group
>University of Warwick
>Coventry CV4 7AL
>UK
>Email: B.C.May@warwick.ac.uk
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>Thanks in advance for any help you can give us.
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>For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
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>

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