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Creative Castings, Inc. provides a custom manufacturing operation utilizing the Liquid Resin Casting (LRC) process. Like metal casting, Liquid resin casting usually starts with a male pattern that can be made from many different materials. A mold is made of the object using a liquid mold material, such as epoxy, urethane or silicon. The beauty of this process is that the original is not harmed in the slightest, consequently one pattern can make an unlimited number of molds. Liquid Resin is then poured into the mold to produce a part.
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Filling the mold with Liquid Resin

 

Unlike metal casting, liquid resin casting captures significantly more details such as threads, and surface finishes such as textures or high-gloss, can be achieved straight from the mold without secondary operations. Material properties such as hardness, density, impact strength, temperature and chemical resistance, thermal conductivity, abrasion resistance, lubricity and dielectric strength can be varied dramatically, to accommodate various part requirements. Design elements such as undercuts, which can add significant cost if "side action" is required with injection mold tooling, are easily handled when silicon molds are used with Liquid Resin casting. Parts can be produced in colors, water-clear or translucent. Tooling for the process is comparable in cost to metal sand casting, but far less expensive than injection molding or metal die-casting.

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A finished piece, just out of the mold.

 

Among its most important advantages, 
Liquid Resin Casting offers:

Virtually unlimited customizability in terms of  configuration, material, appearance, texture, precision, and physical, electrical and chemical performance properties.
Superior part-to-part and lot-to-lot repeatability.
Easy adaptability to changing needs.
Fast and economical implementation.

The process is an excellent method for making prototype parts (often in days or weeks rather than months), and subsequently for producing short-to-medium production runs - from the tens to the low thousands annually. The Artist especially will find them in tune to His (or Her) special needs with exacting duplication of their artistic efforts. Extreme care is taken throughout the entire process to ensure a piece that is ready for the artist to finish to their satisfaction. It is quite a labor intensive process, from the mold making to the final finishing before shipment.

 

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A Final Inspection before shipment

 

Creative Castings Inc., Call us at 410-758-6731 or e-mail us at dtkellogg@verizon.net to place an order or for more information.