RE: Investment Casting

From: Tom Richards (tomr@aicasting.com)
Date: Sun Jun 04 2000 - 19:56:38 EEST


We are a commercial foundry, not a university.

Simply attach your zipped binary .stl stating the alloy and production
quantity anticipated and we'll quote your prototype and production casting
needs.

At 09:15 AM 6/4/99 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi, Tom
>
>Thanks for the prompt reply.
>
>Another question. Is your investment casting process modified from the
>norm? Could any foundry dealing with investment casting modify likewise to
>cast the polystyrene pattern ? Lastly, could you give me some information
>as to how you cast your MMPRO6 patterns and is there any safety measures
>needed from the possibility of emission of chlorine and fluorine based
>gases.
>
>Regards,
>Jimmy Yip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Richards
> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 2:57 AM
> To: Jimmy Yip Choong Seng
> Cc: rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi
> Subject: Re: Investment Casting
>
> The material of construction of patterns built by the Sanders RP
>machines is
> fully compatable with our investment casting processes.
>
>
>
> At 02:00 PM 6/3/99 +0800, you wrote:
> >Hi Tom,
> >
> >This is Jimmy Yip writing from Singapore. We have met during the
>SME 99
> >conference. I was hoping if you could help by providing me some
> >information regarding investment casting using part generated from
>Sanders
> >MM II. In our conversation you mention that you've casted parts
>from the
> >MMPRO6 machine. When I check my material data sheet on the
>Proto-Base, I
> >realised that there are contents of Chloride and Flourine. I don't
>think
> >these material are suitable to be burnt off, are they?
> >
> >Your Feed back is greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thank you for your kind attention.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Jimmy Yip
> >Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology
> >Development Division / Rapid Tooling Development Centre
> >71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075
> >E-mail: csyip@gintic.gov.sg
> >Fax: (65) 7925362
> >Tel: (65) 7938518/7938960
> >
> >
>
>

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