The main advantages of this process are a much lower tooling costs and a quicker turn-around than traditional steel mould making. the lead-time to create casted models is around 7-10 days. The products have an exceptional detail and accuracy which comes close to the final injected plastic parts. Flexible silicone moulds allow significant undercuts, simplifying mould-making and containing costs.
The first step of vacuum casting process involves encapsulating/enclosing a master model in a liquid Silicone rubber. This model is usually made by 3d printing, SLA stereo lithography or CNC vowin.cn/en/News/news1251.html' target='_blank'>machining.
Then a vacuum is applied to the mould. The mould is then cured in an oven at around 70°C.
Once cured the mould can be split up in 2 or more parts, at which point the master model is removed leaving a mould cavity perfectly replicating the master model.
We can make double or triple shot products, we can cast rubber or TPE or TPR like materials. (with 20-80 shore A hardness)
We can vacuum cast optical clear plastics ( same like PMMA) and we can use Inserts in the products. Click here for vacuum casted examples.For more information and for a quotation please email your cadfiles (in IGES, IGS STEP or Parasolid format) and detailed information,
