Once the green light is given, we can send the necessary parts off for tooling and eventually casting into hard parts we sell to you.
This is a pretty brief explanation of the process, and I've skipped a few steps, but mainly I wanted to show you a few cool photos of the SLA Process.
Once the design is created, it's sent to the SLA computer which essentially shoots a high powered laser into super expensive SLA liquid. This laser essentially hardens the liquid into the 3d shape we've modeled. In this case, we've modeled a turbo compressor cover. The entire turbocharger, manifold, oil lines, coolant lines, exhaust, intake and outlet hoses are modeled and will go in next.
Here's the laser in action:
The next morning, out cames the hard part. This design is modeled mainly for external void. Holes were modeled into inner design to easily drain out excess liquid and to make it easy to remove support pieces.
The final process includes cooking the piece in a UV light chamber. This process basically looks like a small scale tanning bed.
As more parts are completed, I'll revisit this thread with images. :-)
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