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Rapid
Tooling Techniques
Indirect
Investment Casting
The Indirect Investment
Casting process involves utilizing an RP
process to generate a mold which in turn
is used to generate wax patterns for the
Investment Casting process. The mold may
be directly produced by the LOM or ACES
SLA process or instead an RTV or composite
mold generated from an SLA, SLS, LOM or
any other pattern may be used.
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Tool
Life Expectancies
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Process
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Number of Wax Patterns
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LOM
Molds
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20
- 100
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Direct
AIM Molds
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50 - 100
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RTV
Molds
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0
- 300+
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Spray
Metal Tooling
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500
- 10,000
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Epoxy
molds
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1,000
- 10,000
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