3D SYSTEMS is improving the performance of its QuickCast process for additive manufacturing of investment casting molds, making the QuickCast Diamond build style available for use with its PSLA 270 printers.
QuickCast is a stereolithography (SLA) process for creating high-precision, lightweight, and hollow casting patterns, allowing the foundry to achieve faster and more cost-effective production of metal parts.
QuickCast Diamond is a diamond-shaped support pattern developed by 3D Systems for QuickCast, and capable of producing parts faster, for higher casting yields and reduced material costs.
According to 3D Systems, the internal diamond structure pattern reduces internal mass, for cleaner burnout and less material consumption. And the internal structures adapt to the outer shell geometry, acting as supports, so the process results in higher yield, greater functional performance and more precise master patterns. There also is less SLA laser exposure when producing the pattern.
QuickCast® Diamond build style is available in 3D Systems’ 3D Sprint® software, to be used with its PSLA 270 projector-based technology.
The PSLA 270 is a projector-based stereolithography (SLA) printer that combines high-speed production with excellent part quality and mechanical stability, delivering accurate mid-size components quickly. 3D Systems noted the process merges the precision of traditional SLA with the speed and material versatility of its Figure 4 technology, a high-speed digital alternative to standard mold and toolmaking processes.
When using the QuickCast Diamond build style in 3D Systems’ 3D Sprint® additive manufacturing software, investment casters can rapidly design and create structured copies of parts to produce a tree. Using the QuickCast Diamond build style on the PSLA 270 allows them to deliver large, high-precision investment castings in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional tooling, and with no limits on geometric complexity.
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