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A Design Study in Rapid Prototyping for Castings                                        
Final Mold Design
  • Prototype Casting produced the interface frame in magnesium using a three part mold design with a top mold, a bottom mold, and one core.
  • Risers and gating are carefully engineered to optimize flow and fill into the thin walls of the casting.
  • This produces a casting free of misruns, shrinkage voids, porosity and cold tears.
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The optimized and verified mold design was used for producing long life
steel dies for full production, precision diecasting.


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