RE: [rp-ml] Stratasys models for investment casting

Are you thinking of Castform, which is mostly polystyrene prior to the
addition of wax? I'm not familiar with any SLS material based upon
polycarbonate, but such a material would be very useful.

 - John

John Eric Voltin
Mechanical Engineer
Agile Technology
512-633-0394

> While I don't think the ABS material would work well at all...Doesn't
> Sratasys offer a polycarbonate material for the FDM process? I'm not in
> the casting business, but I know we used to do a lot of SLS patterns out
> of polycarbonate.
>
> Tracy Taylor
> Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.
>
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> I do work with a foundry who states the FDM material used for casting
> patterns is not good at all. This is a material that is outside the
> Dimension line. I've searched high and low and have come to the
> conclusion SLA QuickCast or SLS Castform are the only RP patterns out
> there that work.
>
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Received on Fri Feb 08 04:22:20 2008