On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 11:50 +0000, Adrian Bowyer wrote:
> Vik Olliver wrote:
> > Has any work been done on the FDM printing of moulds for ceramic or
> > plaster components? I wondered if this might provide a way of creating
> > the heat-resistant items required in the RepRap? Heater bodies, ready to
> > be wrapped in nichrome; nozzles perhaps, made as they used to make clay
> > pipes?
> >
> > If necessary, the RepRap would even be capable of printing the moulds
> > for its own oven!
>
> Yes - we've already thought of that. The primary idea was to have RepRap make a
> mould in thermoplastic and use it to cast a thermoset part that would go up to
> high temperature. But we could also do plaster or ceramic slip.
Is this kind of information documented anywhere publicly? I hate
re-inventing wheels, particularly when I make mine square so they don't
roll downhill...
Vik :v)
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Diamond Age Solutions Ltd.
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