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09. Molding and Casting

Class Week 09

Lesson09 molding and casting

Review08 embedded programming

Recitation05: machines

Assignment Week 09

  • 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.

  • individual assignment:

    • Design a 3D mould around the stock and tooling that you’ll be using, machine it, and use it to cast parts from it.
  • Design appropriate objects within the limitations of 3 axis machining.
  • Demonstrate workflows used in mould design, construction and casting.

Student should have

  • Explained how you designed your 3D mould and created your rough and finish toolpaths for machining.
  • Shown how you made your mould and cast the parts.
  • Described problems and how you fixed them.
  • Included your design files and ‘hero shot’ photos of final object.

Planning Fabacademy

FAB LAB BCN classes

MOLDING & CASTING

Procees

References and resources

Food

SCAN

METAL

Students References

  1. Silli Saverio http://www.fabacademy.org/archives/2015/eu/students/silli.saverio/exercise09.html
  2. Ferdinand Meier http://fabacademy.org/archives/2013/students/meier.ferdinand/molding_casting.html
  3. Massimo Menichinelli http://fabacademy.org/archives/2012/students/menichinelli.massimo/index.html#
  4. Santi Fuentemilla http://fabacademy.org/archives/2012/students/fuentemilla.santiago/week7.html
  5. Tomas Martin Agud http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2017/fablabbcn/students/29/week12.html
  6. http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2017/fablabbcn/students/51/w12.html

Shops

  1. The shop is very close to fablab:
    1. https://www.google.es/maps/place/Form+X/@41.398701,2.199695,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x12a4a315c4aae101:0xe94fa13c43e9734c

Vacuum molding machine