Mold build·Pump Volute
A long core needs a print at both ends
Mold buildA413Dimensional4/5 confidence
What we learned
What worked
Adding a core print at the discharge end. The core stopped shifting immediately.
What failed
Cantilevering the full spiral off a single print at the inlet. It shifted 2mm on the first pour.
War story
Obvious in hindsight and still worth writing down, because the print costs almost nothing to add at design time and a full trial to discover.
Mold build conditions
- Clamp force
- Unchanged. The issue was core support, not clamp.
- Die spray
- Water based
- Cycle time
- 320 s
Tags
4corescore-shiftdimensionalA413
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