What
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| Direct Shell Production Casting (DSPC) | The three-dimensional printing process was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has been licenced to Soligen Technologies for metal casting. Molds to cast almost any metal can be produced in just days. The system creates ceramic shells directly from 3-D CAD designs and no tooling or patterns are required. The process works via a printhead moving over a fine layer of alumina powder, depositing a liquid binder layer-by-layer to define a cross section of the mold. The process is repeated until the entire mold is printed. This is then fired, resulting in a rigid ceramic mold. The process is for quickly producing castings with complex geometries. |
| Example of Process: | Soligen Technologies, Inc. |