Lost-wax casting

3D printed wax designs are being used to create a metal (silver, gold, brass, or bronze) object.

This process requires wax patterns for jewelry. Creating intricate designs can be hard to produce by hand, and it takes a lot of talent to create hand-crafted pieces. Making pieces digitally, is the most common way today and then having it 3D printed with wax-resin.

3D printing elevates the lost-wax casting process with the advantages of a digital design and wax resin printing process:

Digitally design your pieces

3D printed pieces with our wax resin

Prepare for mold making and attach your object to the sprue base   Make the mold and set up the investment



• Burn-out the printed wax resin from the investment in a kiln. Overall burnout times are anywhere from 5 - 12 hours, based on the investment material.
  Hour 1: 300 degrees, Hour 2: 700 degrees, Hour 3 and 4: 1350 degrees, Hour 5: 1000 degrees - and hold.



Heat the crucible and cast your melted metal




Quench the flask completely under cold water for 2-5minutes and then let it completely cool down for an hour
Polish and finish the resulting metal part

 

The 3D printing wax resin lets you make highly intricate designs.

Let us make your imagination come true, and bring your designs to us for 3D printing with our vast selection of printing materials, options and methods: