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Molding and casting


Materials, tools and software

Plaster (Materials)
Water (Materials)
Shopbot (Tools)
Solidworks (software)



Learning outcomes

Design appropriate objects within the limitations of 3 axis machining

Demonstrate workflows used in mould design, construction and casting

To begin, I use this assignment to change the production in our ceramic workshop.
The first production process in the workshop is design the piece for make a molding and casting process. (All process is hand make)
The change in the process. I use the CAD CAM process to make the design of the piece and this take to make the mold in the shopbot.


Design

In solidworks make the piece and take all measurements for the mold






Plaster preparation

For the preparation. I calculate the volume of the block of the plaster in ceramic






Model

For a problem with the schedule of the machine we can`t finish but we can make the first file in the machine with is a experimentation with the material.


For a problem with the schedule of the machine we can`t finish but we can make the first file in the machine with is a experimentation with the material.
To finish this, I can make the mold to make the prototype in ceramic process.
In this assignment, I do this experimentation to apply to my ceramic workshop, this form I delete the matrix of the production process and decreases one week the time of production line.






Clay process

To make the clay production, I put the material in the mold and control because the mold absorbs the water of the material and the ceramic take the form of the mold when do you take the correct thickness extract the piece formed. I make two pieces and join to form the total piece.





Have I

Explained how you made your files for machining

Shown how you made your mould and cast the parts

Included your design files and ‘hero shot’ photos of the mould and the final object

the relate information to the three items at the top of the document

Described problems and how you fixed them

this assignment is very importat because is a realy important improvement for our workshop

Included your design files and ‘hero shot’ photos of the mould and the final object


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