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Sand Printing - What is it and How Does it Benefit my Business?
In early 2019 Printed Sand Solutions was launched to support the UK foundry industry with a fast turnaround 3D sand printing service for moulds & cores.
Managed by a team of engineers with 30+ years of combined sand printing experience, the dedicated West Midlands facility is now fully operational and has supplied components to many foundries across the UK and Europe.
The service is ideal for rapid prototypes as tooling is not required so customers benefit from reduced costs and lead times compared to traditional foundry processes. It is also suitable for production volumes for many applications due to the large 1,260 litre build bed. Hybrid moulding processes can further increase the viability of higher volumes as 3D printed moulds and/or 3D printed sand cores can be used in conjunction with tooled items.
3D sand printing offers many other benefits including a high dimensional accuracy and design freedoms such as undercuts, complex one piece core assemblies & multiple design configurations are possible.
The furan bonded sand is compatible with many existing foundry processes and materials including most grades of iron, steel and aluminium.
For further information or enquiries please contact us today.
Sand Printer Specification - Ex One S-Max
Binder system: Furan
• Highly compatible with conventional foundry processes
Bed size: 1800 x 1000 x 700 mm
• Well above industry standard
• Allows increased mould sizes and volumes
Layer thickness: 280 - 500 μm
• Fine surface finish but some build layers may be visible on finished casting
Build Speed: 60,000 - 85,000 cm3/h
• Suited to both prototype & production volumes
Mould & Core Design
• No tooling required
• Up to DCT9 casting tolerance
• Undercuts possible
• Complex one piece core assemblies
• Multiple design configurations
• Can be combined with conventional tooling for hybrid moulding
Compatible Casting Materials
• Iron
• Steel
• Aluminium
• Zinc
• Brass
• Copper
• Contact us for details on 3D printing moulds for metal castings
• Some materials may require a mould coating
Printed Sand Solutions
Our team have over 30 years of combined experience working with printed sand moulds & cores.
Sand Printing
Find out more about our ExOne S-Max, mould & cores design and compatible casting materials.
3D Scanning
Find out how printed components can be quickly validated to ensure they are consistently accurate & high tolerance.
