13. Moulding and Casting

Group Assignment

Individual Assignment

After completing the model of the snake in Rhino, I transferred it to Fusion 360 using the STEP format. In Fusion 360, I applied the physical material 'brass' to the model, which allowed me to see how many grams of material would be needed to fill it.

To create the mold, I used basic tools such as Intersect, Merge, and Mirror in Fusion. I measured the available wax and modeled a body with matching dimensions, which I will select later as the base model for the manufacturing process. During the mold design, I also added sprues and gas vents in advance to ensure better metal flow and casting quality

This is what the model looks like after the modeling process is completed.

After completing design i switch to manufacturing tab.

In the Manufacturing tab, within the Milling section, I created a new setup. In this Setup, it is necessary to select the machine model that will be used for the machining process. Also i selected the model which i'm going to mill.

I could not find the exact Roland model used in our lab, so I selected one of the available machine models with the same dimensions. This allows me to proceed with the setup while ensuring compatibility with our equipment.

After that, I selected the model I had previously created with the dimensions of my wax block.