Seems like most of the metal casting projects we feature are aluminum in sand molds, though, so it’s refreshing to see a casting project using silicone molds to cast low-melting point metals.
Now the folks at FormLabs have turned the whole ‘casting metal and 3D printer’ thing on its head: they’re printing sacrificial molds to cast pewter. There are two techniques demonstrated in ...
A critical aspect of this process is the thermal management within the casting mold, which directly affects the quality of the final product. Recent research has focused on understanding the heat ...