Digital casting utilizing 3D printers. Adopted in various industries such as aircraft, ships, automobiles, precision machinery, industrial equipment, medical, and construction!
A contemporary artist created a glass art piece about 10 centimeters tall, which was 3D scanned and then a 3D printed model was made, enlarged to about five times its original size. The super complex shape, which was accidentally created like candy art, was reproduced through casting. Since the installation location was near water, a highly corrosion-resistant duplex stainless steel "SCS11" was used. The final product was buffed to create a mystical form that blends into the space. 【What is Digital Casting?】 When prototype parts are needed during design changes in development, when there is no stock of parts and urgent replacements are necessary, or when original jigs are needed for on-site work… In such cases, creating metal products through traditional casting methods, considering cost and delivery time, is not a viable option. Therefore, if needed, we offer mold-less casting with the catchphrase "Just make it from one piece!" With no need for molds and zero mold costs, we have a delivery record of as short as one week, and we can custom-make cast products starting from just one piece. Since the original form is a 3D printed item, we can accommodate complex shapes and hollow products that cannot be manufactured with molds. This service is utilized across numerous industries, including aerospace, shipping, automotive, precision machinery, industrial equipment, medical, and construction, catering to requests for metal parts from both corporations and individual customers.
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- Supported metal materials... Over 70 steel types - Estimated lead time... Approximately 2 to 4 weeks (minimum 5 days) - Supported sizes... About 500 mm square - Areas of expertise... Simple to complex shapes High flexibility in size and material with single delivery time
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Industrial machinery, semiconductor components, aerospace parts, golf club heads, turbochargers. Prototyping and verification of complex shapes, strength verification of cast products, prototyping verification with material changes, and production of original parts, etc.
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With a posture of "just half a step" without complacency, we have cultivated "lost wax precision casting" over many years. Utilizing 3D printing technology, we offer next-generation precision casting technology called "Digital Cast." We obtained a U.S. patent for "MIM (Metal Injection Molding)" in 1991. We provide optimal proposals using various technologies and thoroughly support our customers' manufacturing! We specialize in complex three-dimensional shapes in small lots of various types and carry out everything from mold making to casting, machining, and simple assembly in an integrated in-house system. We supply products to various industries, including medical devices, semiconductors, machine tools, and aerospace. "Just make it, from one piece." We can propose a wide range of manufacturing methods from prototype production of one piece to mass production. We also enable time savings in searching for various suppliers and considering consultation destinations, becoming a true total cost reduction partner by proposing reductions in management costs related to consideration time and product costs. More than half a century ago, Castem began its casting business by handcrafting machine tools. Today, we have become a leading company in Japan for manufacturing general industrial components using lost wax casting and are also engaged in the production of micro lenses and micro needles using the world's highest precision 3D light shaping technology.