3D Printed Casting Patterns

Increase investment casting productivity and quality

With a choice of 100% wax 3D print and SLA materials for high resolution patterns for use with standard lost-wax casting process or castable plastics for ash-free clean castings, increase metal casting quality and productivity. From micro-detailed to extra-large, get precision metal parts fast by printing accurate, repeatable and affordable sacrificial patterns without tooling.

How can 3D printed castable patterns enhance your production and reduce the overall costs?

3D printed castable patterns enhance production by eliminating tooling, compressing lead times, and making design changes essentially free, which together drive major cost reductions. The biggest savings come from bypassing CNC‑machined injection moulds—traditionally a 4–8 week, £5,000–£50,000 bottleneck—replacing them with direct‑from‑CAD printed wax or PMMA patterns produced in under 48 hours. This shift removes up to 100% of upfront tooling costs, cuts lead times by 60–80%, and enables rapid, cost‑neutral iteration that improves casting quality and reduces scrap. Foundries adopting printed patterns routinely report 40–60% reductions in development and production costs, especially for prototypes and low‑volume runs.

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Castable Plastic

Accura SbF

Accura SbF contains no detectable antimony, making it an ideal SLA resin for producing QuickCast® patterns suitable for casting a wide range of ferrous and non‑ferrous high‑performance alloys, including nickel‑based superalloys and titanium. QuickCast® patterns printed in Accura SbF deliver an efficient workflow through fast print speed, excellent dimensional stability, and reliably clean burnout with minimal residual ash. The resin’s high modulus provides the rigidity required for consistent post‑processing, pattern assembly, and shell‑building.

VisiJet M2P-CST Crystal

VisiJet M2P‑CST Crystal is engineered for high‑volume production of direct‑casting patterns without the need for tooling. Its blended acrylate formulation incorporates wax and stabilizing elements to deliver strength and durability while still achieving a clean, reliable burnout. The material is easy to handle and rigid enough to preserve maximum detail, even on very small or delicate patterns. Beyond casting, M2P‑CST Crystal is also well suited for fit‑test models, prototypes, and consumer‑goods casting applications.

Accura Fidelity (SLA)

3D print high‑yield investment‑casting patterns with Accura® Fidelity™, an ultra‑low‑viscosity, antimony‑free SLA resin. QuickCast® patterns produced with Accura® Fidelity™ help increase casting yields thanks to clean burnout performance and excellent detail fidelity. Designed for a wide range of castable metals, this low‑viscosity, antimony‑free formulation is especially well suited for titanium alloys.

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CastForm PS SLS

Styrene-based, expendable 3D print pattern casting material, compatible with most standard foundry processes. For prototype metal castings and low to medium production runs without tooling.

Applications include:

Prototype metal castings
Low to medium production runs without tooling
Plaster castings
Titanium castings
Aluminum, magnesium and zinc castings
Ferrous castings

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Accura CastPro SLA

Highly accurate 3D print material for stable, high-quality investment casting patterns using QuickCast build style. Benefit from low to medium production runs without tooling.

Applications include:

Prototype metal parts
Low to medium production runs without tooling
Titanium castings
Aluminum, magnesium and zinc castings
Ferrous castings

Wax

VisiJet M2 ICast (MJP)

VisiJet® M2 ICast RealWax™ 3D printing material is an unfilled paraffin based wax with added resins for the ProJet® MJP 2500 IC wax printer, delivering high quality and accuracy patterns for reliable performance and results throughout existing investment casting processes and equipment. Its high contrast green color allows for easy visualization easy fine details. This MJP 3D printing solution enables the production of hundreds of small to medium-size patterns more quickly and less expensively compared to the time and cost to build and run a traditional casting pattern tooling.

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VisiJet Wax Jewel Ruby (MJP)

Durable yet flexible casting patterns enable the production of new design styles, opening up new possibilities in wax 3D printing. Patterns produced using VisiJet® Wax Jewel Ruby material withstand handling through the entire lost wax casting process, and remain stable even in high ambient temperatures. Pattern durability and increased flexibility promote productivity and cost savings by reducing the time and costs associated with fragile patterns breaking. This pure wax is the best performing material for stone-setting.

VisiJet M2 CAST (MJP)

100% wax 3D printing material for the ProJet® MJP 2500W wax printer, delivering durable, high quality patterns for reliable performance and results throughout existing lost-wax casting processes and equipment. Its high contrast deep purple color allows for easy fine details visualization.

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VisiJet Wax Jewel Red

Durable yet flexible casting patterns enable the production of new design styles, opening up new possibilities in wax 3D printing. Patterns produced using VisiJet® Wax Jewel Red material withstand handling through the entire lost wax casting process, and are especially advantageous for features such as lightweight filigree and thin wire mesh designs.

VisiJet M3 Hi-Cast (MJP)

Provides extreme resolution performance for high-end lost-wax casting of fine-detail items, such as jewelry, micro-medical and electrical devices. The M3 Hi-Cast 100% wax material sets the standard for feature definition, accuracy and precision.

Metal Casting 3D Printers

Tool-less wax and resin 3D printed casting pattern production

MultiJet 3D Printers (MJP)

With a choice of 100% wax 3D print and SLA materials for high resolution patterns for use with standard lost-wax casting process or castable plastics for ash-free clean castings, increase metal casting quality and productivity. From micro-detailed to extra-large, get precision metal parts fast by printing accurate, repeatable and affordable sacrificial patterns without tooling.

ProJet MJP 2500 Plus

MultiJet 3D printing quality, reliability, speed and ease of use making 3D printing simpler and more productive

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ProJet MJP 5600

Large format, multi-material composite parts in a single build

Stereolithography 3D Printers (SLA)

Prototypes, Tools and Production Parts with the Gold Standard in 3D Printing. 3D Systems—the inventor of Stereolithography (SLA) and the only SLA manufacturer offering the total solution with integrated hardware, software and materials fine-tuned to achieve renowned SLA parts quality—brings you legendary precision, repeatability and reliability in SLA 3D printers. SLA printers work with a wide range of materials, with a range of sizes and price points, which are designed for prototyping, end-use part production, casting patterns, molds, tooling, fixtures and medical models.