Making silicone molds seems easy, but there are a lot of missteps to be made along the way that can mean the difference between a great, reusable mold, and one that’s a sad waste of silicone. If ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An author, speaker, and executive, I explore the world's industries. One of the promises of 3-D printing is that it presents the ...

Gravity casting aluminum in permanent molds beats conventional sand and pressure die casting. Today, gravity-fed permanent metal molds can produce near-net-shape parts from a variety of aluminum ...

Pouring molten metal into three-dimensional molds to make metal parts is the basis behind both sand and investment casting. But there are significant differences between these two methods. In sand ...

i think that there is something kind of cool about kinetic sand i was curious how it would work as a mold making material. to my surprise it worked really well as a reusable mold for both molten metal ...