Lost Foam aluminum casting

Lost Foam aluminum casting

Piece made with lost foam or policast casting using a foam model made with my MPCNC:

Result
Result.

The model was milled in two phases to make the front and the back:

Foam model
Foam model.

On the rear face there is a riser that also serves as a downsprue.

Open riser
Open riser.

After the casting the two rear structures were manually removed:

Model and final result
Model and final result.

A second attempt was made using only one riser on the rear face:

Final result
Final result.

The cavity inside the riser is clearly visible:

Cavity
Cavity.

In this case the foam model was covered with quartz paint and this allowed to obtain a better surface on the piece:

Covered model
Covered model.

Riser
Riser.

License

Author: Mazzo.me

Link: https://www.mazzo.me/en/posts/lost-foam-aluminum-casting/

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