Urethane/Vacuum Casting FAQs – 15% Off During January 2018

At HLH, we do a lot of urethane/vacuum casting projects for a variety of industries. Many of our long-term customers make parts via urethane/vacuum casting all the time because they have experienced good success with the flexibility and quality offered by this rapid manufacturing process. If you are new to urethane casting you may have some questions before trying this option. To help with that we have put together some common FAQs below.

All this month HLH is running a promotion on Urethane/Vacuum Casting projects. 15% off all orders placed by the end of January 2018. FreeQuote@HLHPrototypes.com to get started. *Some conditions do apply to our 15% off offer, see below*

What are some core benefits of Urethane/Vacuum casting?

• High accuracy of details for patterns, profiles and textures
• Relatively inexpensive process compared to injection mould parts
• Quick turnaround
• High quality
• Extremely fine detail

• Parts can be coloured in mould or painted after.
• In mould can have tapped drilled or threaded inserts.

 

What are urethane/vacuum cast parts used for?

• Rapid prototypes
• Small runs of production parts
• Bridge parts while injection tooling is being fabricated

 

How many parts can I get from my urethane/vacuum cast mould?

• A typical mould will produce 20 – 50 parts before new tooling is necessary
• A variety of factors affect this, your needs should be discussed prior to placing order

 

What size urethane/vacuum casting parts can HLH make?

• Up to 1000*800*800mm

 

What kind of part properties does urethane/vacuum casting offer?

• Flexibility and rigidity
• Can closely mimic injection mould parts
• UV Stability
• Range of surface finishes
• Heat resistance
• Transparent, tinted or opaque material
• Fire resistance

 

What can vacuum casting parts be used for?

• Just about any kind of plastic part, talk to our team and they can quickly verify if this rapid manufacturing process is right for your project.

 

Material choices? Polyurethane simulation of:

• ABS
• POM
• Elastomers
• Nylon including Glass Filled
• Polypropylene

 

Who uses urethane/vacuum casting?

• New product developers
• Automotive
• Medical
• Scientific instrumentation
• Electronics
• Computers
• Consumer products
• IoT
• and many more.

Just email your files to FreeQuote@HLHPrototypes.com and our team will get back to you quickly.

*A couple of conditions do apply to this urethane casting offer.*

*SLA master only, discount does not apply to projects that require a CNC master.*

*Sorry, no transparent parts for this discount.*

*Offer valid for new orders placed in January 2018*

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