Vacuum Casting

Besides additive techniques, Materialise offers another type of RP: manufacture of components and small series in silicone molds. Stereo lithography masters are used to build these molds. Vacuum casting lead times are a bit longer than with 3D Printing technology but the result is astounding. Products made in silicone molds have a quality comparable to the final product, which makes them especially suitable for fit and function testing and marketing purposes.

The technology

The method uses cast silicone molds made as follows: a master model (that typically originates from stereo lithography or selective laser sintering) is carefully prepared to ensure a high quality finish to the surface and the definition of the parting planes. Silicone is cast around the master, partially under vacuum in order to avoid air bubbles being trapped in between the master and silicone. After curing, the mold is cut according to the parting planes and the master is removed, leaving a cavity to make copies. The flexibility of the silicone allows limited undercuts, which might avoid slides or additional parting planes.

Two-component polyurethanes are typically used as copying material. This allows fast production of high quality parts. Vacuum casting is a copying technique typically used for the production of small series (10 to 20) of functional plastic prototypes.

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CARFUL-CNC machining,low volume production,rapid prototyping

Realize your ideas; we assure your excellence with low cost!

CARFUL Was founded in2002, adhering to the spirit of "professional, high-quality, efficient, honest", after recent years of exertion and innovation, we has developed into a high-level company that 

includes CNC machining,rapid prototyping,Reverse Engineering etc. with different process such as CNC, SLA, SLS, PU casting, etc.

Contact us:

Address: 2F, Bldg.C, Fufang S & T Park, Fuyong Town, Baoan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Tel: +86-755-27150460

Fax: +86-755-27658255

M.P: +86-15999640890

E-mail: cwh@carful.net

MSN: carful@live.com

Skype: gavin.cwh

Website: http://www.carful.com.cn

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keywords of service:

CNC machining | CNC low volume machining | CNC mass production

CNC aluminum machined parts | CNC machined parts | CNC precision parts|CNC custom machined parts

CNC precision machining|Aluminium CNC machining|metal CNC machining|

CNC prototypes machining | CNC rapid prototyping | Clay sculpture | model making | prototypes 

low volume machining | low volume manufacturing | low volume production | low volume processing

small volume machining | Small volume production|small volume manufacturing | small volume processing

small batch machining | small batch manufacturing | small batch production | small batch processing

CNC | SLA | SLS | FDM | PU casting | 3D printing | rapid tooling |Drilling | Milling | Turning| lathing 

Reverse Engineering | product design | industry design | mechanical design | product development | product innovation | 3D/2D design

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meterial:

Plastic:

ABS, Acrylic, PP (Polypropylene), PC (Polycarbonate), PU (Polyurethane), POM (Polyoxymethylene,Delran, Acetyl), Chemical Wood, Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA), Polyethylene (PE), Nylon, 

Polyurethane (PU),

Metal:

Aluminum, stainless steel (SUS304,306,411,etc.), Sheet Metal, Brass, Bronze, Copper,Speaker Mesh, Aluminum Magnesium Alloy

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What can we do?

Service and application
Carful can provide you the rapid and satisfactory service in the field of  small batch production(low volume machining), prototypes making, product design.Meanwhile we can meet your requirement of different materials, processing technology and industries.

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If you have an project to do, what you should give us ?

1, file format:
3D:igs, prt , step, stp, sld.
2D:.dwg .cdr .pdf .ai, other pictures format.

2, we usually use the software
Pro-e (3D)
Solidworks (3D)
Rhinoceros (3D)
3dmax (3D)
UG (3D)
Autocad (2D)
Photoshop (2D)
Coreldraw (2D)
Adobe Illustrator(2D)

3, finish treatment(surface treatment)
If you need finish treatment(surface treatment),such as painting, screen printing, anodizing, glass blasted, pad printing, electroplating, oxygenation, brushing, etc. please give us the details as possible as you can. Such as the colors( with Panton numbers or CMYK&RGB numbers), the size of glass, the size and the location that you want to print, etc.
If you don`t know how to prepare them, please contact us for help.

Contact us:
Address:2F,Bldg.C,Fufang S&T Park, Fuyong Town, Baoan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Tel: +86-755-27150460
Fax: +86-755-27658255
M.P.:+86-15999640890
E-mail:gavin @carful.net
MSN:carful @live.com
Skype: gavin.cwh
Website:carful. com. cn; prototype-cn. com

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our factory

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our equipment

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customers and cooperation
We have lots of customers in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea and every parts of China. Such as Siemens, Philips, Nokia, Parrot,etc.
Meanwhile, CARFUL also cooperates with some domestic companies, associations, and foreign counterparts about academic exchange, sharing the technological achievements, to keep our technical ascendant, and established a good bridge for the both sides.

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faithful service and low price, keep secret for customers:

Realize your ideas; we assure your excellence with low cost!
Over 10 years` experience, perfect after-treatment handwork!

Carful Co., Ltd. was found in 2002, adhering to the spirit of "professional, high-quality, efficient, honest ", after recent years of exertion and innovation, we has developed into a professional and experienced company that include metal and plastic CNC machining, rapid prototyping, small batch production, Reverse Engineering,product and structure design, etc.
CARFUL will provide you with high quality guarantee, Efficient and competitive quotation, Your satisfaction is our greatest achievement!