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PVC silicone rapid prototyping polyurethane vacuum casting services
What is vacuum casting?
Polyurethane casting is the process of duplicating a master model by casting a silicone mold around it. In a highly skilled procedure, the mold is cut in half, and after the master model is removed, the gating and venting systems are added. The rapid fabricator then poured a polyurethane-based resin into the resulting cavity and cured it under vacuum to prevent the intrusion of air bubbles. The result is a highly accurate replica of the original object. The urethane casting process is carried out under vacuum, so it can produce high-quality bubble-free plastic parts with a smooth surface texture and no blemishes.
Advantages Of Vacuum Casting
Advantages of Vacuum Casting Services
| Remarkable Precision |
Vacuum Casting is renowned for its ability to produce highly accurate and detailed prototypes. The molds used in this process exhibit excellent dimensional stability, ensuring consistent replication of complex geometries, intricate textures, and fine details. Whether it’s a small mechanical component or an aesthetically appealing consumer product, Vacuum Casting delivers outstanding precision. This allows the client to get not only the desired design but also the finishing.
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| Diverse Material Options |
Vacuum Casting offers a wide range of material choices, enabling engineers and designers to closely simulate the properties of the final product. From rigid and flexible plastics to elastomers and clear parts, Vacuum Casting can replicate various materials, allowing for functional testing and product performance evaluation. This versatility is invaluable when creating prototypes that closely mimic the final product.
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| Cost-Effective Production
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Compared to traditional manufacturing methods like Tooling and Injection Molding Vacuum Casting offers significant cost advantages, particularly for Low-volume Production. The absence of expensive tooling and molds reduces upfront costs, making it an attractive option for startups, small businesses, and those in need of small-batch production. Vacuum Casting enables cost-effective testing and refinement of designs before committing to large-scale manufacturing. This is an advantage if you are still in the testing phase and need to make changes to your prototype.
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| Rapid Turnaround Time |
Speed is a crucial factor in Product Development, and Vacuum Casting plastic parts excels at this. The entire process, from mold creation to casting and curing, can be completed within a matter of days. This rapid turnaround time allows for quick iterations, accelerated design validation, and reduced time-to-market. With Vacuum Casting, businesses can swiftly adapt to market demands and gain a competitive edge.
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Applications of Vacuum Casting
Automotive Industry: Manufacturers use vacuum casting for creating detailed parts such as dashboard components, lighting assemblies, and prototypes of new designs. It allows designers to test form, fit, and function before moving to mass production.
Medical Equipment:In the medical field, vacuum casting is crucial for prototyping complex parts of medical devices. This includes components for imaging equipment, surgical tools, and patient-specific models for surgical planning.
Consumer Products: For consumer goods, vacuum casting is often used to create high-quality prototypes of household appliances, electronics, and wearables. It enables designers to evaluate the aesthetics and ergonomics of products before large-scale manufacturing.
Industrial equipment: production of mechanical equipment test parts.
Material Versatility
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Polyurethane Resins
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Mimic properties of plastics; available in different hardness levels
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Clear Resins
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Simulate glass or transparent plastics; useful for lenses and lighting cases
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Flexible Resins
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Emulate rubber-like properties; ideal for gaskets or seals
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High-Temperature Resins
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Suitable for parts that require thermal resistance
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The primary function of this technology is to produce accurate and durable prototypes that closely resemble the final product. It is ideal for testing design concepts, evaluating functionality, and providing visual samples for client presentations.
Vacuum casting services
| Tolerance |
The tolerance of vacuum casting products mainly depends on the accuracy of the prototype parts, the geometry of the product and the selected manufacturing materials.
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| Materials |
Vacuum casting is available in hundreds of materials to achieve different design hardness and surface textures. Vacuum casting products can be completely opaque or translucent, or can be completely transparent to meet a variety of design requirements.
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| Post-Processing |
JYH offers a range of post-processing services to ensure that the product fully meets your expectations. Our aftertreatment includes sandblasting, painting, polishing, spraying, drilling, tapping and threading. We have a professional quality inspection team to inspect the products, each item is visible in the production system, and there is a special person to track.
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FAQ:
1.What Kinds of Material Can Be Used For Vacuum Casting?
Ruitai have many kinds of material for vacuum casting including rubber, similar ABS/PP/PC/PE. And the color is customizable. We will mix up the color according to your requirements.
2.What Is Vacuum Casting?
The process in which we use a vacuum to mold a molten material is termed vacuum casting. This process is used when the material is fiber, or wire-reinforced.
In this process, a small series of functional plastics parts are produced. Polyurethanes and silicone molds are two essential components are used in this process. People tend to apply it for high-quality prototypes or end-use products.
3.Does Vacuum Casting Offer A Wide Range Of Material Choices For Production?
Vacuum casting provides you a wide range of materials from which you can choose your favorite ones. There are various options available for final casting like polymer resins, including stiff plastic and flexible elastomers and transparent materials.
It is also curable and cast-able resin including many well-known substances. This means that the Prototype produced by vacuum casting can have the same aesthetic and mechanical properties as a mass-produced component made from ABS polyurethane.
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