Vacuum casting machine guide
Every setting that lives on a Vacuum casting machine - what it is, what it does to a price, and what a typical value looks like. This mirrors the machine editor field for field.
A machine in Quotometry is a real machine in your shop. It carries its own hourly rate, its own build volume and its own speeds, and a part is priced on the machine it would actually run on - not on an average of everything you own.
You can have as many as your plan allows, and several configurations can share them through the Library. If you buy another one of the same model, copy it and change the name.
Every setting on this page
These are in the same order as the editor, with the same help text. Each one has an anchor, and the ? beside a field in your console links straight to it - so if you are reading this because you clicked one, the setting you were looking at is highlighted.
Chamber: casting cycle
Casting cyclecast_cycle_minbasic
Evacuating, mixing and pouring one casting. The build volume of this chamber is the largest mould box it takes.
Price: Chamber time on every casting.
Typical: 15-30 min.
Silicone degassing per mouldmould_degas_min
Degassing and pouring the silicone for one mould in the chamber.
Price: Chamber time once per mould.
Typical: 15-30 min.
Largest pourmax_pour_g
Largest resin pour the mixing cup takes.
Price: A casting needing more resin cannot be cast in this chamber.
Typical: 1 000-5 000 g.
Pressure curepressure_cure
Whether castings can cure under pressure in this chamber or its pressure pot.
Price: Clear resins are only offered on chambers that can.
Typical: Off.