DDM’s delivers precision investment castings of complex engineered components with the convenience of 3D printed ceramic shell molds.

DDM Digital Foundry™

DDM Digital Foundry™ manufactures complex metal components for diverse industries using our DirectPour™ process. We take your part’s CAD model, then engineer and produce optimized, “ready to pour” ceramic shells without any tooling or patterns using advanced 3D printing. These shells are poured using the investment casting method with unprecedented speed and precision. We can help you adapt your designs to our advanced manufacturing methods and realize your complex designs, both for prototyping and series production in hundreds of standard alloys. Contact us today for more info.

 
 

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How It Works

 
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1. SEND CASTING Model

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2. SPECIFY ALLOY and QTY

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3. get QUOTE AND ISSUE PO

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4. Receive Your Parts

 

 

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DirectPour™ Process

From CAD to Casting: Our DirectPour™ process produces metal castings directly from customer-supplied CAD models using 3D-printed ceramic shells with integrated cores ready for metal pouring. Our advanced 3D printing tech bypasses all the traditional processes of tooling, ceramic or soluble wax cores, injected wax or printed patterns, slurry dipping, stucco coating, wax meltout/burnout. Our printed ceramic is compatible with all air melt and vacuum melt foundry processes. See our Case Studies and Videos.

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Alloy Capabilities

We can produce parts in hundreds of standard steel and aluminum, and air melt nickel and cobalt alloys routinely used in investment casting. Alloys currently qualified include:

1. Stainless Steel 304, 316, 17-4 PH, 15-5 PH, and Austenitic Steel CF3M (Wrought equivalent SS316)

2. S7 Tool Steel

3. Aluminum A356 and A357

4. Air Melt Inconel 625