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Materialübersicht Vakuumgießen

Materialübersicht Vakuumgießen

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Material Overview and Vacuum Casting Process

Materials for Vacuum Casting:
This section outlines the materials used in vacuum casting, such as silicon rubbers, vacuum casting resins, and Nylon PA 6. These materials are crucial for efficient prototype and small series production.

Company and Process:
SLM Solutions Group AG is recognized as a leader in rapid manufacturing systems, with extensive experience in vacuum casting, metal casting, and laser melting. The company provides comprehensive vacuum casting solutions with a broad material range.

Cost-Effective Duplication:
The vacuum casting system by SLM Solutions is praised for its precision and user-friendliness, with over 2500 systems in use. It enables the production of 30-50 prototypes in 2-3 days, offering significant time and cost savings over traditional methods.

Material Properties:
Detailed tables of material properties are provided, including hardness, flexural modulus, tensile strength, and heat resistance. These properties are essential for selecting appropriate materials for specific applications.

FDA Approval:
Some materials are FDA approved for dry food use, ensuring safety and compliance for food-related applications.

Additional Information:
For more detailed product information, handling instructions data sheets are referenced.

Technical Specifications:

Hardness (Shore A/D): Ranges from 40 A to 81 D.
Flexural Modulus (MPa): Ranges from 645 to 6240 MPa.
Flexural Strength (MPa): Ranges from 27 to 94 MPa.
Tensile Modulus (MPa): Ranges from 650 to 5160 MPa.
Tensile Strength (MPa): Ranges from 4.5 to 88 MPa.
Heat Deflection Temperature (°C): Ranges from 45 to 230 °C.
Glass Transition Temperature (°C): Ranges from 70 to 195 °C.
Elongation at Break (%): Ranges from 3.1% to over 250%.
Tear Strength (MPa): Ranges from 11 to 87 MPa.
Izod Impact (kJ/m2): Ranges from 8 to 90 kJ/m2.
Thermal Conductivity (W/mK): Consistent at 0.28 W/mK.
Density (kg/dm3): Varies between 1.00 and 1.30.
Viscosity (cPs @ 23 °C): Ranges from 50 to 90,000 cPs.
Mixing Ratio by Weight (A:B): Varies from 100:10 to 100:500.
Pot Life (sec/min @ 23 °C): Ranges from 45 seconds to 3600 seconds.
Curing Time (min @ 23 °C): Ranges from 5 minutes to 1440 minutes.
Demoulding Time (min @ 70 °C): Ranges from 5 to 180 minutes.
Shrinkage (%): Ranges from 0.1% to 3%.

Material and Process Recommendations:
- Silicone rubbers are designed for vacuum casting, ensuring long mould life and dimensional stability.
- Recommended release agents include silicone spray and mould spray without silicone.
- Applications for vacuum casting machines include plastic prototypes, wax casting, and ceramic casting.

Accessories:
- Includes funnels, whisks, mixing cups, and mould openers.
- Colour pigments available in various RAL numbers for compatibility with vacuum resins.

Standards and Methods:
- Test methods include ISO, ASTM, DIN, and BS standards for properties like hardness, tensile strength, and thermal conductivity.

Catalog excerpts

Materialübersicht Vakuumgießen Material Overview Vacuum Casting Materialien für den Poduktionsprozess Vakuumgießen Silikonkautschuke, Vakuum-Gießharze und Nylon, PA 6 Werkstoﬀe Materials for the production process vacuum casting Silicon Rubbers, Vacuum Casting Resins and Nylon, PA 6 Mater

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Unternehmen und Verfahren Company and Process

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SLM Solutions Group AG Das Unternehmen SLM Solutions Group AG The Company SLM Solutions, Pionier und Technologieführer im Rapid Manufacturing Anlagenbau, bringt mehr als 50 Jahre Erfahrung mit Lösungen in den Bereichen Vakuumgießen, Metallgießen und Laser Melting ein. SLM Solutions beherrscht die Prozesse und besitzt branchenübergreifendes Know-how. SLM Solutions, pioneer in the sector of rapid manufacturing systems, is servicing customers in the field of Vacuum casting, Metal casting and Laser Melting for more than 50 years. SLM Solutions has perfect command of the processes required and an...

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** Daten ohne durchgefuhrte Warmebehandlung **Data without post curing FDA zugelassen: Fur Anwendungen mit trockenen Lebensmitteln „Lebensmittelecht" FDA accepted: For dry food use „foodsafe Fur detailliertere Produktinformationen lesen Sie bitte unsere Merkblatter „Verarbeitungshinweise" For moredetailed product information, see our „Handling Instructions" Data Sheets

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Vakuum-GieBharze Vacuum Casting Resins 5

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* Die Warmebestandigkeit kann durch Warmebehandlung der GieRteile erhoht werden. Um eine hohere Warmebestandigkeit erzielen zu konnen, beachten Sie bitte die Verarbeitungshinweise fur den jeweiligen GieRharztyp. The heat deflection temperature can be increased considerably by post curing the resin castings. To obtain higher heat deflection tempera tures see handling instructions for each specific resin ** Daten ohne durchgefuhrte Warmebehandlung **Data without post curing

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Silikonkautschuke werden speziell fur das Vakuum-GieRverfahren entwickelt. Modifizierer und Fullstoffe sind sorgfaltig ausgewahlt worden, um eine lange Lebensdauer der Form sowie maRgenaue Abgusse und Kontrolle uber Schrumpf und Ausdehnung in Verbindung mit GieRharzen zu garantieren. Silicone Rubbers have been specially formulated for producing vacuum castings moulds. Modifiers and fillers have been carefully chosen to guarantee longer mould life, dimensionally stable castings and exact control over shrinkage and expansion when used in the combination with Vacuum Casting Resins. 1 Viskositat/...

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Zubehor AccessoriesFarbpigmente (Auszug) Colour Pigments (Selection) mit alien Vakuum-GieGharzen verwendbar. compatible with all Vacuum Resins.

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Vergleichbare Testmethoden Comparable Test Methods Methode Method * Kein technisch ahnlicher Standard verfugbar. No technical similar standard identified. ** Kein Standard No standard *** UL 94 ist ein international anerkannter Standard UL 94 is an international recignised standard Die Shore A Harten aller VTV Silikontypen konnen durch unterschiedliche Vernetzer eingestellt werden: CAT VM 30 = 30 Shore A The Shore A hardness of all VTV rubbers can be changed by using different catalyst for example: CAT VM 30 = 30 Shore A

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Acht unterschiedliche Anwendungen mit Vakuumgießmaschinen Eight Completely Different Applications with Vacuum Casting Maschine 1 Vakuumgießen von Kunstoffprototypen Vacuum casting of plastic prototypes injection tooling Nylon Vakuumgießen mit Nylon Modul Nylon vacuum casting with Nylon Module VarioDruck Gießen – Teile aus hoch viskosen Materialien (Silikon) Vario Pressure casting – Parts from highly viscous materials as silicon rubber Gießen von Metallteilen für Optik und Haptik aus niederschmelzen-den Legierungen Metal touch and feel parts in Low Melt Alloy Wax casting for Metal investment casting...

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© SLM Solutions Group AG | Form VacCasting Rel. 01 | 2017_7 Sie möchten mehr über die Vorteile unserer Vakuumgießsysteme erfahren? Do you want to know more about the advantages of our Vacuum Casting-Systems? Vakuum-Gießanlagen Vacuum Casting Machines Unsere Vertriebspartner finden Sie unter: For global distributors please visit: Zur schnellen Produktion hochwertiger Prototypen, Modelle und Komponenten aus Silikonkautschuk, Vakuum-Gießharz und Nylon, PA 6 Werkstoff For convenient and rapid production of high quality models, prototypes and components made of Silicon rubbers, Vacuum Casting Resins...

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