Quoting "Richard C. Steffens" <[log in to unmask]>:
> For no apparent reason, I just had a thought about wax in regards to our
> project. The fleeting idea went something like this:
>
> Suppose we were able to deposit droplets of wax in much the same way as Vic
> deposits droplets of hot melt glue. Could we then use lost-wax casting
> techniques to produce parts? Would this be of any benefit, or are we trying
> to eliminate casting and the cleanup that often follows it?
Some commercial RP machine work with wax. It's possible to use it in modified
ink-jet printer heads.
It's good for investment casting, but ideally we want a primary material that is
robust enough to make the machine itself from. Wax might not do for that.
But we are doing a design to which one can attach write heads for diverse
materials (the heads being made in the machine itself, of course), so wax may
well be a secondary.
Yours
Adrian
http://staff.bath.ac.uk/ensab
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