Met-L-Flo Case Study: Metal Prototypes

Direct Digital Manufacturing
The best application for DDM products are those with complex geometries.  Direct Metal systems enable metal parts to be made very quickly.  This includes geometries that cannot be made conventionally, or made cost effectively using traditional manufacturing methods.
 
Investment Casting / QuickCast®  
The QuickCast® method allows you to rapidly build highly accurate patterns that bypass tooling for metal parts. All types of parts can be produced with this technique.    

Lost Wax Casting and Rubber Plaster
These methods are great for small and preproduction runs.  Additive Manufactured patterns are widely used to get high quality parts quickly and in a variety of metals. 

Sand Casting  
Sand casting is a very good process that can use Additive Manufactured patterns to accelerate the production process.

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