Lost foam tooling is generally considered prohibitively expensive with long lead times. This is driven by the tool’s design complexity, requiring extensive development utilizing machined foam patterns, and limiting it to high production volumes. Significant market opportunities for the lost foam process are available if tool costs and lead times can be reduced to be competitive with conventional processes such as automatic matchplates, high-pressure green sand equipment, and even highly-cored, chemically-bonded sand processes. This project was conducted to support the AFS Lost Foam Division
Speaker:
Marshall Miller, 3D Systems
This AFS Members Only Webinar will begin at 1 p.m. CT.