Introduction
What is mold design?
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What you should know
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1. What Is Mold Making and Casting?
Definition of terms
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Design methodology
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Overview of applications possible
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2. Everyday Casting: Materials
Everyday casting—you've already done it
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History
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Materials
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3. Design Considerations for Molding
Types of molds
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Prototype molding components
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What to avoid?
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Designing a mold project
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Molding possibilities
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4. The Casting Process
Types of casting
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Safety gear
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Mold and box setup
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End-to-end casting process
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Casting possibilities
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5. What Prototyping Processes Tell You about Full-Scale Manufacturing
Parting lines and flash
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Material in, material out
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Mold complexity, pulls, and placement
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Fluid flow
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Complex molding
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6. 3D Printing and CNC for Molding and Casting
Why cast instead of 3D printing?
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What is CNC and what can you do with it?
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Picking your fabrication method
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7. Other Applications and Processes
Blow molding and roto molding
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CNC forms for vacuum forming
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Press molding
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Production at any scale
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Ex_Files_Mold_Design.zip
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