Cast urethane molding provides a cost effective alternative when it comes to multiple prototypes that provide production material performance. Urethane casting is a traditional manufacturing technology that is used during the prototyping process. It can be expected to hold +/-.010" tolerances with +/-0.003 in / in. Urethane casting is quick affairs and produces high quality parts.
Benefits of urethane casting
There are several benefits of urethane casting services and we have mentioned a couple of great benefits.
- Great turnaround time
We know that any down time during a production process can cost you a lot of money. When you need prototype parts for testing, the last thing you want is to wait any longer than essential to get them. Parts produced by urethane can be cast fast and easily and this efficient turnaround time lets you enjoy a more efficient production process from design inception and engineering to testing and bulk production of parts.
- Great part finish
The surface and strength finish of cast urethanes is comparable to injection molded parts. Urethane casting parts can be custom colored, painted and textured the same as injection molding. This means these parts will continue looking good even if they are damaged or scratched.
- Amazing quality
The process of urethane casting companies can use many different formulations to produce parts that are soft, colored as well as transparent. Also, the silicone mold provides great surface finish and can accurately mimic production textures. In addition to this, parts can be over molded plus have inserts incorporated into them plus have post process treatments like painting.
- Great design flexibility
Soft tools used to fabricate cast urethane parts that lets the flexibility to make design changes on the fly with client feedback. Also, silicone mold lasts a certain amount of shots, thus design changes can be implemented from mold to mold at a very less price. If a tool requires to be revised or remade, then the tool can be replaced at a fraction of cost and at half the lead time.
The other benefits of design flexibility is that parts can be designed with hard to mold features such as thick section, undercuts, etc.
