WEEK 12. Molding and casting¶
group assignment:¶
review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials,
then make and compare test casts with each of them
extra credit: try other molding and casting processes
## individual assignment: design a mold around the stock and tooling that you’ll be using, mill it (rough cut + three-axis finish cut), and use it to cast parts extra credit: use more then two mold parts
Objectives¶
my objtive this week is to make a node
1. the realsaion of the mold¶
a The design¶
For the realization of my mold I used the solidWorks to model it and generate an STL file
b preparation on vcarve¶
explaining steps :
1 open V carve and create a new file
2 import the the STL file usi,g the modelind tool on vVcarve
3 put your piece in center of your space put your prt size
3 then import the model
4 choose your tool and calculate the toolpath
5 then choose the processor and generate the the machine file (rml...)
- Cutting parameters
- fabrication tool
- fabrication fist Open the roland software
- choose the gcode file from your folder by clic on “add” then out put
- After fabication
### 2 chemical preparation for the mole
2.1 choice of material¶
i choose tHE LIQUID SILICONE RUBBER before begin to us it i try to surch somme knowledges about.
2.2 what i learned and use such as instructions¶
i link this instruction to use the product and the mold building with Liquid Silicone rubber
- prduct datasheet
here is how the model was made
## Creation of the piece
I followed the instructions from the SMOOTH-CAST 300 product website
### mixed and cast
summary
what learned:
i didn’t put the guide to fixe the mold part toget easely so it was verry difficult to build the mold before casting.
i recommand to to make it for all mold.