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🚀 Tips for Designing Parts for Vacuum Casting 🚀 Vacuum casting is an exceptional method for creating high-quality prototypes and production parts. To ensure the best results, here are some essential design tips: Uniform Wall Thickness: Aim for consistent wall thickness to prevent warping and ensure even cooling. This reduces the risk of defects and improves structural integrity. Draft Angles: Incorporate draft angles (usually 1-3 degrees) in your design to facilitate easy removal of the part from the mold. This minimizes damage to both the part and the mold. Avoid Sharp Corners: Round off sharp edges and corners to improve the flow of resin and reduce stress concentrations, leading to a more robust final product. Undercuts and Complex Features: Design with simplicity in mind. While vacuum casting can handle some complexity, minimizing undercuts and intricate features will ease the demolding process and improve yield. Ventilation: Ensure your design allows for adequate ventilation to avoid trapped air bubbles, which can compromise the quality of the part. Material Consideration: Select appropriate materials that are compatible with the vacuum casting process and meet the functional requirements of your part. Tolerances: Be mindful of tolerances. While vacuum casting offers good dimensional accuracy, accounting for slight variations in your design will help achieve the desired fit and function. Designing for vacuum casting requires a balance of creativity and practicality. By following these tips, you can create parts that are not only functional but also cost-effective and high-quality. #VacuumCasting #DesignEngineering #Prototyping #ManufacturingTips #ProductDesign #EngineeringExcellence

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How to make sure that the colour of your new device enclosure will be accurately reproduced from a digital 3D sketch to a plastic sample on the production line? It's simple: use the international colour management systems — RAL COLOURS or Pantone. Even if you are located on one continent, and your production site on another, the use of standardised colour matching systems allows everyone involved in the project to seethe real colour of the final device. All you need is to find the right code on #RAL or #Pantone fans or colour charts. Moreover, with RAL or Pantone, it is possible to optimise production costs: similar shades may contain varying amounts of pigments, so you can choose a more cost-effective option without losing quality. Would you like to learn more useful details from our experience in designing and manufacturing electronics enclosures? Explore our updated page: https://lnkd.in/dwZZTwfV #ElectronicsManufacturing #ProductDesign #IndustrialDesign #EngineeringDesign

Design of a Complex Crystal Mold.

Today, I'm more excited than ever to share an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the injection molding version of Infinity Mounts, directly from the workshop floor. 🔹 First up, we have the electrodes, meticulously crafted to etch in the intricate details of our design. The precision at this stage is crucial for the flawless execution of the final product. 🔸 Next, witness the transformation of our impression blocks, freshly returned from heat treatment. This step ensures the durability and quality of our mounts, ready to stand the test of time. 🔹 Lastly, the mold plates - after careful cutting of the pockets, they're nearly set to shape the future of mounting solutions. It's a process that might seem simple at a glance, but each step is a giant leap towards innovation. We're making strides every day, and although it might not look like much now, these developments are the backbone of what promises to be a game-changer in how you secure and display your technology and cables. Stay tuned as we edge closer to bringing the next generation of Infinity Mounts into your homes and offices. It's not just progress; it's a revolution in the making. #infinitymounts #innovation #behindthescenes #makingof #technology #injectionmolding #engineeringexcellence #futureofmounting

Dynavac's unique mask-indexing design enables coating on selected portions of substrates in a single batch cycle, all without breaking vacuum. The design features a segmented circular mask divided into sections, exposing specific parts of the substrate holder. This enables the coating of individual sections of the substrate with different coating stacks in a single pump down. For example, with a mask made of quadrants, four separate processes run in a single pump down. Need to coat more parts in a single quadrant? Simply remove a second quadrant mask and double the coated substrates. Continue reading: https://lnkd.in/gaYnMZVd

(4/9 of our series on inverse design of morphing structures) Fabrication of soft kirigami composites involves stretching a VHB (Very High Bonding) sheet on a setup with four linearly translating stages. Laser-cut kirigami patterns of a similar material are then carefully stuck on top of the stretched layer. After assembly, excess material is trimmed, and the composite structure forms the predetermined 3D shape due to strain differences between the layers.

Why is custom metal fabrication valuable? Fabricators create specialized metal products tailored to meet specific needs and requirements. Check out this blog to explore 3 tips for optimizing custom metal fabrication design and let me know what you think! https://buff.ly/3r4FYuL

item's Multiblock PA is inserted into the profile groove at any position. Light cladding panels and panel elements made from Acrylic Glass, Plastic or Compound Material must be provided with a bore at the appropriate location and screwed to the Multiblock. It’s quick, clean, there’s no machining involved: slide or push Clip 8 Conduit Profile K into Conduit Profile K. Second, simply press the clip into a Line 8 groove – and that’s it. #item #product #innovation #productoftheweek

This is another post in a series on visible, cosmetic defects that can occur during injection molding. One such defect is a sink mark that shows up as a dimple or depression on the surface of a molded part. It is a molding flaw that can appear in thicker dimensions of a molded part or object. The various images in this post show different occurrences of shrink marks. Following is a list of the more common causes for sink marks: • Type of material used. • Increase temperature of mold surface. • Use small sprue, runner and/or gate. • Improper mold design. • Number and position of gates. • Incorrect cooling. • Low injection pressure. • Part design. • Thick wall parts against ribbing. Here is a list of the most widely used ways to reduce and/or eliminate sink: • Better part design. • Adjust melt temperature. • Choose alternative material. • Apply foaming technique. • Create more venting. • Apply Design for Manufacturability. In conclusion, no customer wants to see sink marks on their products. Expert product design upfront that ensures that draft angles are correct, and features are in place to eliminate sink is the best course. Our Team are experts at preventing sink and putting measures in place to eliminate it for future production runs. Let us help you make the right decisions on your next molding project. Visit our website: https://www.jatco.com or contact Steven Ames, Director of Sales, [email protected]. #injectionmolding #plasticdesign #modesto #californiamanufacturing #cosmetics #productengineering #jatcoincorporated #molding #design #engineering