iCast™️ LSR Digital Manufacturing Accelerates Small Batch Production of LSR Parts
Involving no tool investment, iCast™ offers a cost-effective way to develop product variations or try out different design concepts before investing in serial production tools, as well as enabling the start of pre-series and series production with small batches.
Reduce time from concept to production
Felix Schädler, Project Manager Innovation & Technology, says: “By utilizing digitalization and innovative manufacturing technologies, the iCast™ process dramatically cuts the time from concept to production for prototypes. These are typically produced in approximately four and a half months, but with this new technology, the process takes a maximum of three weeks for the average part.
“With iCast™ LSR technology, parts are manufactured in standard grade two-component platinum-cured LSR and are comparable to injection molded parts. By enabling quick and multiple design iterations of components, this helps manufacturers meet the pressures of rapidly moving markets that are demanding faster new product introductions, improvements, and advancements.”
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Technical Webinar
Felix Schädler for an introduction to this new technology and find out how it can save time and costs for small batch production.
Key takeaways of the webinar include:
- Gain an understanding of how iCast™ technology meets the demand for low volume quantities to minimize the transition time from design to manufacturing
- Find out how the use of digitalization and innovative manufacturing technologies reduce the lead time for LSR products
- Learn how parts produced with iCast™ technology compare to standard injection molded parts
>> Watch the technical webinar
The iCast™ process
The five-step iCast™ process utilizes digitalization and new manufacturing technologies to significantly speed up the time from enquiry to product production. It starts with the order enquiry, requiring the submission of 3D part data and order details. This triggers a feasibility study, based on artificial intelligence (AI), to see if the iCast™ process is suitable for the production of the part.
Upon completion of the feasibility study, the part design is analyzed, and the individual digital mold layout is created, based on 3D data. If necessary, this undergoes mold flow simulation. In a virtual environment, this process identifies the optimum production process using additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to avoid errors at an early stage and achieve the highest quality.
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