{"id":7359,"date":"2026-09-30T03:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/?page_id=7359"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:45:14","slug":"3dptek-j2500a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/3d-printers\/sand-3d-printers\/3dptek-j2500a\/","title":{"rendered":"3DPTEK-J2500A"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id='oxy-main'><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-123 oxy-container dpt-hero j25a-hero\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-122 oxy-container dpt-hero-inner\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-119 oxy-container dpt-hero-content\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-100 oxy-text dpt-hero-badge\">\nContinuous production cell \u00b7 2,500 mm class\n<\/div><h1 class=\"oxy-text-7359-101 oxy-text\">\n3DPTEK-J2500A Sand 3D Printer: the Cylinder Leaves the Machine, Printing Doesn't Stop\n<\/h1><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-102 oxy-text dpt-hero-sub\">\nA 2,500 \u00d7 1,500 \u00d7 1,000 mm binder jetting cell with twelve 400 dpi printheads. Two build cylinders alternate, and a rail-guided transfer car moves the loaded cylinder between the print station, the cleaning station and the curing position, so the print station is never sitting idle while somebody digs a mold out of a box.\n<\/p><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-105 oxy-container dpt-hero-actions\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-103 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\" target=\"_self\">\nCheck the J2500A against your building\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-104 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-outline\" href=\"#specs\" target=\"_self\">\nVer especifica\u00e7\u00f5es\n<\/a><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-118 oxy-container dpt-hero-stats\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-108 oxy-container dpt-hero-stat\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-106 oxy-text dpt-hero-stat-num\">\n2 500 \u00d7 1 500 \u00d7 1 000 mm\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-107 oxy-text dpt-hero-stat-label\">\nVolume de constru\u00e7\u00e3o\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-111 oxy-container dpt-hero-stat\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-109 oxy-text dpt-hero-stat-num\">\n12\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-110 oxy-text dpt-hero-stat-label\">\nPrintheads \u00b7 400 dpi\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-114 oxy-container dpt-hero-stat\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-112 oxy-text dpt-hero-stat-num\">\n16\u201320 s por camada\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-113 oxy-text dpt-hero-stat-label\">\nLayer Time\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-117 oxy-container dpt-hero-stat\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-115 oxy-text dpt-hero-stat-num\">\n\u22653 t\/m\u00b2\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-116 oxy-text dpt-hero-stat-label\">\nCarga no pavimento\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-121 oxy-container dpt-hero-img\"><img class=\"oxy-image-7359-120 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3dptek-j2500A.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3dptek-j2500A.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3dptek-j2500A-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3dptek-j2500A-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3dptek-j2500A-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3dptek-j2500A-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" width=\"1400\" height=\"997\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><\/div><\/section><nav class=\"oxy-container-7359-139 oxy-container dpt-toc\" aria-label=\"On this page\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-138 oxy-container dpt-toc-inner\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-124 oxy-text dpt-toc-label\">\nNesta p\u00e1gina\n<\/span><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-125 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#cell\" target=\"_self\">\nThe Cell\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-126 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#workflow\" target=\"_self\">\nHow It Flows\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-127 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#lost\" target=\"_self\">\nJobs You Decline\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-128 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#volume\" target=\"_self\">\nVolume de constru\u00e7\u00e3o\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-129 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#work\" target=\"_self\">\nDoes My Work Fit\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-130 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#parts\" target=\"_self\">\nPrinted Parts\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-131 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#specs\" target=\"_self\">\nEspecifica\u00e7\u00f5es\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-132 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#layout\" target=\"_self\">\nCell Layout\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-133 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#site\" target=\"_self\">\nSite Check\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-134 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#fit\" target=\"_self\">\nIs It Right For You\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-135 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#range\" target=\"_self\">\nModel Range\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-136 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#faq\" target=\"_self\">\nPerguntas frequentes\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-137 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#inquiry\" target=\"_self\">\nWhat Happens Next\n<\/a><\/div><\/nav><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-170 oxy-container j25a-band\" id=\"cell\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-169 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-143 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-140 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nHow it stays busy\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-141 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nOne cylinder prints. The other one is somewhere else, being finished.\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-142 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nOn a single-cylinder machine, the print head waits while the finished mold is dug out, cleaned and left to cure, and that wait is dead production time on the most expensive asset in your building. The J2500A is designed so that the cylinder, not the machine, is what moves.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-167 oxy-container j25a-route\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-144 oxy-container j25a-rail\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-165 oxy-container j25a-stops\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-149 oxy-container j25a-stop\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-145 oxy-text j25a-node\">\n1\n<\/div><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-146 oxy-text j25a-stop-k\">\nPrint station\n<\/span><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-147 oxy-text\">\nThe build\n<\/h3><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-148 oxy-text\">\nThe cylinder sits under the gantry and the job prints: twelve 400 dpi printheads, 16\u201320 seconds per layer, layers from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, up to 1,000 mm of Z in a single build.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-154 oxy-container j25a-stop\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-150 oxy-text j25a-node\">\n2\n<\/div><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-151 oxy-text j25a-stop-k\">\nRGV transfer\n<\/span><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-152 oxy-text\">\nThe handover\n<\/h3><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-153 oxy-text\">\nA rail-guided car runs the loaded cylinder out of the print station and brings the prepared one in. Because the car does the moving, nobody is rigging a multi-tonne box with an overhead crane while the machine stands still.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-159 oxy-container j25a-stop\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-155 oxy-text j25a-node\">\n3\n<\/div><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-156 oxy-text j25a-stop-k\">\nCleaning station\n<\/span><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-157 oxy-text\">\nThe breakout\n<\/h3><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-158 oxy-text\">\nThe mold is broken out at working height, with the piston raised from below and the operator standing on a guarded platform rather than reaching into a pit. Spent sand is collected and returned to your sand supply instead of being swept up as waste.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-164 oxy-container j25a-stop\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-160 oxy-text j25a-node\">\n4\n<\/div><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-161 oxy-text j25a-stop-k\">\nCuring position\n<\/span><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-162 oxy-text\">\nThe cure\n<\/h3><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-163 oxy-text\">\nThe cylinder parks while the mold cures, which frees the cleaning station for the next cylinder. Curing occupies floor along the cell, not the print station.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-166 oxy-text j25a-loop\">\n\n        <i aria-hidden=\"true\">\u21bb<\/i>\n        <span><b>Two cylinders ship with the cell.<\/b> While one is printing, the other can be anywhere else in the sequence, which is what makes continuous production possible rather than theoretical.<\/span>\n      \n<\/div><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-168 oxy-text j25a-note\">\n<strong>Why this matters more than print speed.<\/strong> A large sand printer is limited less by how fast it deposits a layer than by how much of the day it is actually printing. On a fully manual setup, breaking out and cleaning one 2,500 mm mold takes the machine out of production for hours. Separating those jobs from the print station is the whole point of the cell.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-210 oxy-container j25a-band j25a-band--alt\" id=\"workflow\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-209 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-174 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-171 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nHow the work flows\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-172 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nThe stage we remove is the pattern. That is where the weeks went.\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-173 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nSand casting has always started with a pattern: designed, made, tried in the foundry, corrected, then stored and repaired for as long as the part stays in production. Printing the mould and its cores straight from a file takes that stage out of the critical path, and it is the reason a large casting that used to be quoted in months can be quoted in weeks.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-207 oxy-container j25a-flow\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-191 oxy-container j25a-flow-col j25a-flow-col--old\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-175 oxy-text j25a-flow-k\">\nThe tooling route\n<\/span><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-176 oxy-text\">\nWhat has to happen before the first pour\n<\/h3><ol class=\"oxy-container-7359-189 oxy-container j25a-flow-list\"><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-178 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-177 oxy-text\">\nPattern design and drawing\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-180 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-179 oxy-text\">\nPattern making or machining, in wood, resin or metal\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-182 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-181 oxy-text\">\nPattern trial in the foundry, then correction and rework\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-184 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-183 oxy-text\">\nA core box for every internal passage\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-186 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-185 oxy-text\">\nHand ramming, core setting and closing, one mould at a time\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-188 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-187 oxy-text\">\nPour, shake out, fettle\n<\/div><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-190 oxy-text j25a-flow-note\">\nSteps one to four are all tooling. That work runs on its own clock, it is paid for by the batch, and it is the reason a two-off job is often declined rather than quoted. It also has to be stored and repaired for as long as the part stays in production, and re-made the moment the drawing changes.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-206 oxy-container j25a-flow-col j25a-flow-col--new\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-192 oxy-text j25a-flow-k\">\nThe J2500A route\n<\/span><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-193 oxy-text\">\nThe same job, without the tooling stage\n<\/h3><ol class=\"oxy-container-7359-204 oxy-container j25a-flow-list\"><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-195 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-194 oxy-text\">\nYou send the STL\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-197 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-196 oxy-text\">\nThe cell prints the mould, its cores and its gating in one build, up to 2,500 \u00d7 1,500 \u00d7 1,000 mm\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-199 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-198 oxy-text\">\nThe cylinder transfers to the cleaning station and the mould is broken out at working height\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-201 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-200 oxy-text\">\nThe cylinder parks at the curing position; the print station starts the next job\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-203 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-202 oxy-text\">\nAssemble, pour, shake out, fettle\n<\/div><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-205 oxy-text j25a-flow-note\">\nNo pattern, no core box, no pattern store, no pattern repair. A design revision is a new file, not a new tool, so the second version costs you a print and nothing else. The skill that disappears is the one that takes years to replace.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-208 oxy-text j25a-note\">\n<strong>The point is not print speed.<\/strong> It is that the tooling stage is not shortened, it is absent. What used to sit in front of the first casting, and what used to be charged to the batch, is simply no longer in the sequence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">Send us a part you currently quote with tooling<\/a> and we will print it so you can compare the two routes on your own casting.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-239 oxy-container j25a-band\" id=\"lost\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-238 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-214 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-211 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nWhere it earns its keep\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-212 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nThe jobs you decline usually go for one of six reasons\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-213 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nThink back over the last year of enquiries and how many of them ended with the same sentence: the tooling does not pay on that quantity. Those enquiries are what this cell is built for, and they are the ones that never appear in a production report because they never became an order.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-233 oxy-container j25a-lostgrid\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-217 oxy-container j25a-lostcard\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-215 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>\"Two pieces, and the pattern costs more than the castings.\"<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-216 oxy-text\">\nOne-off and small-batch work stops being a tooling decision. The mould is printed from the file you already have, so the first casting no longer carries a pattern's worth of cost on its own.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-220 oxy-container j25a-lostcard\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-218 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>\"The customer has changed the design for the third time.\"<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-219 oxy-text\">\nA revision is a new file, not a new pattern. Nothing is re-machined, re-tried or re-stored, and keeping the old version costs you nothing but disk space.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-223 oxy-container j25a-lostcard\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-221 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>\"The internal passages need five cores glued together.\"<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-222 oxy-text\">\nPassages, undercuts and negative draft that a core box cannot open print as one core. With no joints between segments there is nothing to shift, flash or wash out when the metal arrives.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-226 oxy-container j25a-lostcard\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-224 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>\"The big jobs eat a crane and a whole shift.\"<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-225 oxy-text\">\nThe cylinder travels on its own rail between the print, cleaning and curing stations. Heavy handling stops competing with the rest of the shop for the overhead crane, and breakout does not stop the machine.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-229 oxy-container j25a-lostcard\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-227 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>\"The sand is only as consistent as the moulder's hands.\"<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-228 oxy-text\">\nEvery mould comes off the same file at \u00b10.3 mm up to 300 mm. The variation that pattern wear and hand ramming put into a run stops turning up in your scrap figures.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-232 oxy-container j25a-lostcard\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-230 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>\"You cannot hire patternmakers and moulders the way you used to.\"<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-231 oxy-text\">\nRunning the cell is a machine task for a trained operator, not a hand skill that takes years to replace when someone retires. Training is delivered on your own parts during commissioning.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-234 oxy-text j25a-note\">\n<strong>None of these are about print speed.<\/strong> They are about the enquiries that stop at the quotation stage, which is where a foundry actually loses the money. If two or three of the six sound like last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">send us one of those parts<\/a>.\n<\/p><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-237 oxy-container j25a-inline-cta\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-235 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\" target=\"_self\">\nSend a job you turned away\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-236 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-outline j25a-btn-on-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/blog\/patternless-sand-casting-guide\/\" target=\"_self\">\nRead the patternless casting guide\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-264 oxy-container j25a-band j25a-band--alt\" id=\"volume\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-263 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-243 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-240 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nVolume de constru\u00e7\u00e3o\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-241 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\n3.75 cubic metres in one build, and a full metre of Z\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-242 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\n2,500 \u00d7 1,500 \u00d7 1,000 mm is roughly four times the build volume of a 1,200 mm class machine. What that changes is not only how big one mold can be. It is how much of a mold package you can nest in a single job, and how many jobs you can stack in the Z direction before the machine has to stop.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-248 oxy-container j25a-vol\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-244 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>3.75 m\u00b3<\/b> usable build volume\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-245 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>1,000 mm<\/b> of Z, printed in one piece\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-246 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>12<\/b> printheads at 400 dpi\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-247 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>0,2\u20130,5 mm<\/b> layer thickness\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-258 oxy-container j25a-fits\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-251 oxy-container j25a-fit\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-249 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Molds that used to be segmented<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-250 oxy-text\">\nA casting whose mold box does not fit a smaller envelope usually gets split, printed in pieces and bonded or bolted back together. Every joint is a place where the mold can shift under pouring pressure. At 2,500 mm most of those splits simply disappear.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-254 oxy-container j25a-fit\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-252 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Several molds in one job<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-253 oxy-text\">\nThe same envelope that holds one large mold package can hold a set of smaller ones. Because the cell keeps printing while the previous cylinder is cleaned, filling the bed is how you turn build volume into throughput rather than into a longer single job.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-257 oxy-container j25a-fit\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-255 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Tall cores, standing up<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-256 oxy-text\">\nA full metre of Z means tall vertical cores print as one body instead of two halves stacked and glued. The tall cylindrical core and the A-frame core in the gallery below are the kind of parts that only make sense when the Z axis is this deep.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-259 oxy-text j25a-note\">\n<strong>Quote the largest casting you make today.<\/strong> If it does not fit, we will say so and point you at the model that does. If it does fit, the next question is whether your building can take the cell, which is what the section above is for.\n<\/p><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-262 oxy-container j25a-inline-cta\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-260 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\" target=\"_self\">\nSend your largest casting dimensions\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-261 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-outline j25a-btn-on-light\" href=\"#site\" target=\"_self\">\nRe-check the site requirements\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-292 oxy-container j25a-band\" id=\"work\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-291 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-268 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-265 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nDoes your work fit\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-266 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nFour questions decide whether this cell is the right answer\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-267 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nAnswer these honestly before you look at a quotation. Three yeses and one maybe is a conversation worth having. Two yeses usually means a smaller platform, or the printing service, will serve you better and for a fraction of the installation.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-281 oxy-container j25a-critgrid\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-271 oxy-container j25a-crit\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-269 oxy-text\">\n\n        <span class=\"j25a-crit-n\">01<\/span>\n        <b>How big is your largest casting?<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-270 oxy-text\">\nIf the largest dimension is beyond roughly 1,800 mm, the smaller platforms cannot take it at all and this is the class of machine you are shopping in. If your work fits a 1,200 mm or 1,800 mm envelope, a smaller cell will always be cheaper to install and to run.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-274 oxy-container j25a-crit\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-272 oxy-text\">\n\n        <span class=\"j25a-crit-n\">02<\/span>\n        <b>Is it repeat work, or one-offs?<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-273 oxy-text\">\nA production cell earns its keep where jobs come back. If you need a single prototype to prove a design, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/services\/sand-mold-sand-core-3d-printing\/\">printing service<\/a> gets you a casting without a capital project, and you can buy the machine later with real numbers.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-277 oxy-container j25a-crit\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-275 oxy-text\">\n\n        <span class=\"j25a-crit-n\">03<\/span>\n        <b>Where is the difficulty, outside or inside?<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-276 oxy-text\">\nIf the hard part of the casting is internal, meaning passages, undercuts, thin ribs or cores that today have to be assembled from segments, printing changes the answer. If the geometry is simple and the constraint is only tonnage, you are buying capacity rather than capability.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-280 oxy-container j25a-crit\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-278 oxy-text\">\n\n        <span class=\"j25a-crit-n\">04<\/span>\n        <b>Can your building take it?<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-279 oxy-text\">\nAbout 137 m\u00b2 as one island, floor load of at least 3 t\/m\u00b2, and a controlled 22\u201328 \u00b0C at 30\u201350% RH. If the answer is no today, that is a project to plan and budget, not a reason to give up on the idea.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-289 oxy-container j25a-vol\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-282 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>Aeroespacial<\/b>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-283 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>Defence<\/b>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-284 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>Autom\u00f3vel<\/b>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-285 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>Marinha<\/b>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-286 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>Construction machinery<\/b>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-287 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>Research institutes<\/b>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-288 oxy-text j25a-chip\">\n<b>Digital sculpture &amp; cultural casting<\/b>\n<\/span><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-290 oxy-text j25a-note\">\nThese are the fields the 3DPTEK sand platforms are supplied into, and the J2500A is aimed at the large end of each. <strong>If you would rather be told which envelope you need than work it out yourself,<\/strong> send the largest dimensions from your part list and we will answer in one reply, including when the answer is a smaller machine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">Request a machine recommendation<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-328 oxy-container j25a-band j25a-band--alt\" id=\"parts\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-327 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-296 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-293 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nPrinted parts\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-294 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nWhat comes off a cell this size\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-295 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nReal molds and cores, photographed in production. Look at the wall thicknesses, the internal passages and the height of the standing cores: those are the features that decide whether a part is printable at all, or has to be redesigned around a core box.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-325 oxy-container j25a-wall\"><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-299 oxy-container j25a-tile j25a-tile--big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-297 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/large-sand-mold-package-3d-printed.jpg\" alt=\"Very large 3D printed sand mold package on a pallet, with a central hub boss and surrounding cavities\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1092\" height=\"855\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-298 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>One body instead of a stack of segments<\/b>\n          <span>A full mould package with its gating printed in. On a smaller envelope this is several pieces closed together, with a joint at every interface and a core to set at each one.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-302 oxy-container j25a-tile j25a-tile--tall\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-300 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tall-cylindrical-sand-core-3d-printed.jpg\" alt=\"Tall cylindrical sand core printed standing upright in one piece, with cast-in lettering\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-301 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>A core with no split line<\/b>\n          <span>Printed standing to use the full metre of Z. On a shallower machine this is two halves bonded at a joint that can shift or flash under pouring pressure.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-305 oxy-container j25a-tile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-303 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/multi-cavity-sand-mold-3d-printed.jpg\" alt=\"Large multi-cavity 3D printed sand mold half with a dense array of pockets and bosses\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"749\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-304 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>Pockets that used to be loose pieces<\/b>\n          <span>Bosses and ribs formed in the print rather than set by hand, so there is nothing to move when the metal arrives.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-308 oxy-container j25a-tile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-306 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/radial-rib-sand-mold-3d-printed.jpg\" alt=\"3D printed sand mold with an octagonal body, central boss and cast-in radial ribs\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"558\" height=\"623\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-307 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>Ribs that need no inserts<\/b>\n          <span>Cast in during printing, so no loose pieces to place and no machined inserts to make.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-311 oxy-container j25a-tile j25a-tile--wide\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-309 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ribbed-sand-core-cleaning-station.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands lifting a ribbed 3D printed sand core out of its mold box\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-310 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>Breakout that does not stop the machine<\/b>\n          <span>A deep ribbed core lifted clear at the cleaning station. This is exactly the handling the transfer car exists to keep away from the print station.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-314 oxy-container j25a-tile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-312 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/oval-port-housing-sand-mold.jpg\" alt=\"3D printed sand mold with a large oval port cavity surrounded by lightening pockets\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"859\" height=\"669\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-313 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>Lightening pockets, printed in<\/b>\n          <span>Formed as part of the cavity, so there are no separate cores to set and no draft to design around them.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-317 oxy-container j25a-tile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-315 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-frame-structural-sand-core.jpg\" alt=\"Tall A-frame structural sand core standing upright, with bolt holes cast into the walls\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"444\" height=\"346\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-316 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>Thin walls without a split line<\/b>\n          <span>A bolt circle and thin sections held on a core printed upright, in one piece.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-320 oxy-container j25a-tile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-318 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/round-sand-core-top-view.jpg\" alt=\"Top view of a round 3D printed sand core showing a central boss, radial ribs and a ring of bolt holes\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"217\" height=\"217\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-319 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>A bolt circle with no core box<\/b>\n          <span>Ribs and the bolt circle formed in the print. A core box would need a collapsible segment to release this.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"oxy-container-7359-323 oxy-container j25a-tile\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oxy-image-7359-321 oxy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/round-sand-core-second-view.jpg\" alt=\"Second view of the same round sand core, showing pockets and thin rib sections\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"217\" height=\"223\"><figcaption class=\"oxy-text-7359-322 oxy-text\">\n\n          <b>The same core, the other side<\/b>\n          <span>Pockets and thin ribs that survive breakout exactly as printed.<\/span>\n        \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-324 oxy-text-link j25a-offer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\n        <b>Send us the part you currently split into pieces.<\/b>\n        <span>The one that needs a joint, a loose piece or a collapsible core box. We will print it on a production machine and send it back with the quotation. <u>Request a test print \u2192<\/u><\/span>\n      \n<\/a><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-326 oxy-text j25a-note\">\n<strong>Inspect them yourself.<\/strong> These parts can be examined on a factory visit to a 3DPTEK smart manufacturing centre, where the printers run commercial casting work daily. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/about-us\/smart-manufacturing-centers\/\">See the manufacturing centres<\/a> ou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">book a visit<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-424 oxy-container j25a-band\" id=\"specs\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-423 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-332 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-329 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nEspecifica\u00e7\u00f5es\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-330 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\n3DPTEK-J2500A technical specifications\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-331 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nTaken from the machine's technical proposal and grouped the way your engineering and facilities teams will actually use it: what it prints, what it prints in, where it goes, and what it needs to run.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-415 oxy-container j25a-specgrid\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-357 oxy-container j25a-spcard\"><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-333 oxy-text\">\nBuild &amp; printing\n<\/h3><table class=\"oxy-container-7359-356 oxy-container j25a-sp\"><tbody class=\"oxy-container-7359-355 oxy-container\"><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-336 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-334 oxy-text\">\nModelo\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-335 oxy-text\">\n3DPTEK-J2500A\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-339 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-337 oxy-text\">\nVolume de constru\u00e7\u00e3o\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-338 oxy-text\">\n2 500 \u00d7 1 500 \u00d7 1 000 mm\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-342 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-340 oxy-text\">\nCabe\u00e7as de impress\u00e3o\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-341 oxy-text\">\n12\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-345 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-343 oxy-text\">\nResolu\u00e7\u00e3o de impress\u00e3o\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-344 oxy-text\">\n400 dpi\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-348 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-346 oxy-text\">\nHora das camadas\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-347 oxy-text\">\n16\u201320 s\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-351 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-349 oxy-text\">\nEspessura da camada\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-350 oxy-text\">\n0,2\u20130,5 mm\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-354 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-352 oxy-text\">\nM\u00e9todo de impress\u00e3o\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-353 oxy-text\">\nBidirectional powder spreading, two build cylinders alternating\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-382 oxy-container j25a-spcard\"><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-358 oxy-text\">\nCell &amp; site\n<\/h3><table class=\"oxy-container-7359-381 oxy-container j25a-sp\"><tbody class=\"oxy-container-7359-380 oxy-container\"><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-361 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-359 oxy-text\">\n\u00c1rea de cobertura da c\u00e9lula\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-360 oxy-text\">\n14,800 \u00d7 9,280 \u00d7 4,250 mm\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-364 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-362 oxy-text\">\nHost unit size\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-363 oxy-text\">\n5,315 \u00d7 3,100 \u00d7 3,100 mm\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-367 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-365 oxy-text\">\nPeso\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-366 oxy-text\">\n\u224840 t total \u00b7 \u224817 t host\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-370 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-368 oxy-text\">\nFloor load required\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-369 oxy-text\">\n\u22653 t\/m\u00b2\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-373 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-371 oxy-text\">\nBuilding height\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-372 oxy-text\">\n\u22654,5 m\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-376 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-374 oxy-text\">\nAmbient temperature\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-375 oxy-text\">\n22\u201328 \u00b0C\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-379 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-377 oxy-text\">\nAmbient humidity\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-378 oxy-text\">\n30\u201350% RH\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-398 oxy-container j25a-spcard\"><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-383 oxy-text\">\nAccuracy &amp; materials\n<\/h3><table class=\"oxy-container-7359-397 oxy-container j25a-sp\"><tbody class=\"oxy-container-7359-396 oxy-container\"><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-386 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-384 oxy-text\">\nPrecis\u00e3o dimensional\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-385 oxy-text\">\n\u00b10.3 mm (\u2264300 mm) \u00b7 \u00b10.5 mm (&gt;300 mm)\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-389 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-387 oxy-text\">\nAreia de moldagem\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-388 oxy-text\">\nAreia de quartzo \/ areia cer\u00e2mica\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-392 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-390 oxy-text\">\nPasta\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-391 oxy-text\">\nResina de furano \/ resina fen\u00f3lica\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-395 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-393 oxy-text\">\nResist\u00eancia \u00e0 tra\u00e7\u00e3o\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-394 oxy-text\">\n1,5\u20132,5 MPa\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-414 oxy-container j25a-spcard\"><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-399 oxy-text\">\nUtilities &amp; control\n<\/h3><table class=\"oxy-container-7359-413 oxy-container j25a-sp\"><tbody class=\"oxy-container-7359-412 oxy-container\"><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-402 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-400 oxy-text\">\nPower supply\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-401 oxy-text\">\nThree-phase five-wire, AC 380 V \u00b110% \u00b7 50 Hz \u00b12%\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-405 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-403 oxy-text\">\nCompressed air\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-404 oxy-text\">\n0.6\u20130.8 MPa \u00b7 flow \u22651.2 m\u00b3\/min, clean and dry\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-408 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-406 oxy-text\">\nControl software\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-407 oxy-text\">\nAFSWin3DP-L V1.0\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-411 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-409 oxy-text\">\nData format\n<\/th><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-410 oxy-text\">\nSTL\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-416 oxy-text j25a-note\">\nThese are the manufacturer's published figures for the J2500A and are subject to refinement during application engineering for your castings. The connection rating, foundation design and climate load for your site are confirmed in writing with the technical proposal. If a number on this page is critical to your decision, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">ask us to confirm it<\/a>.\n<\/p><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-422 oxy-container j25a-jump\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-417 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#cell\" target=\"_self\">\nHow the cell works\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-418 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#layout\" target=\"_self\">\nFootprint\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-419 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#site\" target=\"_self\">\nSite requirements\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-420 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#range\" target=\"_self\">\nCompare the range\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-421 oxy-text-link\" href=\"#faq\" target=\"_self\">\nBuyer questions\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-448 oxy-container j25a-band j25a-band--alt\" id=\"materials\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-447 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-428 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-425 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nMaterials and process\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-426 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nFuran or phenolic. The machine is not the thing that decides.\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-427 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nThe J2500A is specified for both binder chemistries, which matters more than it sounds: it means the decision about which binder suits a given casting stays with your foundry and your sand supplier, rather than being fixed the day you choose a machine.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-445 oxy-container j25a-mats\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-432 oxy-container j25a-mat\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-429 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Areia de moldagem<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-430 oxy-text\">\nQuartz sand and ceramic sand\n<\/h3><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-431 oxy-text\">\nStandard foundry sands, supplied through your existing channels. Surplus sand from the cleaning station is collected and returned to your sand supply, which is where the running cost of a large cell is actually decided.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-436 oxy-container j25a-mat\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-433 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Binder system<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-434 oxy-text\">\nFuran resin or phenolic resin\n<\/h3><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-435 oxy-text\">\nBoth chemistries are supported on the same platform, so a change in casting mix or in your sand supplier's recommendation does not force a machine change. Printed molds reach 1.5\u20132.5 MPa tensile strength.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-440 oxy-container j25a-mat\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-437 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Resolu\u00e7\u00e3o<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-438 oxy-text\">\n0.2 mm to 0.5 mm layers\n<\/h3><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-439 oxy-text\">\nLayer thickness is selectable per job, so you can trade build time against surface finish and detail without changing machines. Layer time holds at 16\u201320 seconds.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-444 oxy-container j25a-mat\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-441 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Precis\u00e3o<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-442 oxy-text\">\n\u00b10.3 mm up to 300 mm, \u00b10.5 mm beyond\n<\/h3><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-443 oxy-text\">\nQuoted over the feature being measured rather than as a single blanket figure, which is the honest way to state it on a build envelope this large.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-446 oxy-text j25a-note\">\nSand selection, layer thickness, orientation and post-processing for your specific castings are set by our application engineers during commissioning, not left to a manual. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/services\/sand-mold-sand-core-3d-printing\/\">See the sand mold and core printing service<\/a> if you would rather have a part printed before committing to a cell.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-478 oxy-container j25a-band\" id=\"layout\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-477 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-452 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-449 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nFootprint\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-450 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\n14.8 by 9.3 metres. Here is what that actually looks like in a bay.\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-451 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nThis is not a machine you slide into a corner next to the pattern shop. The print station, cleaning station, curing position and the transfer rail between them occupy 14,800 \u00d7 9,280 mm, and the host unit alone is 5,315 \u00d7 3,100 \u00d7 3,100 mm. Plan the cell as one island with a reserved perimeter, not as a machine with stuff around it.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-475 oxy-container j25a-plan\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-465 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-456 oxy-container j25a-canvas\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-453 oxy-container j25a-bay\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-454 oxy-text j25a-cell\">\n\n            <b>J2500A cell<\/b>\n            <span>14,800 \u00d7 9,280 mm<\/span>\n          \n<\/div><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-455 oxy-text j25a-baytag\">\nIllustrative 24 \u00d7 14 m bay\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-459 oxy-container j25a-dims\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-457 oxy-text\">\n\u00c1rea de cobertura da c\u00e9lula <b>14,800 \u00d7 9,280 \u00d7 4,250 mm<\/b>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-458 oxy-text\">\nHost unit <b>5,315 \u00d7 3,100 \u00d7 3,100 mm<\/b>\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-464 oxy-container j25a-legend\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-460 oxy-text j25a-swatch\">\n\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-461 oxy-text\">\nJ2500A cell\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-462 oxy-text j25a-swatch--bay\">\n\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-463 oxy-text\">\nBay outline, drawn for scale only\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><ul class=\"oxy-container-7359-474 oxy-container j25a-buys\"><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-467 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-466 oxy-text\">\n<b>The layout is a straight sequence, not a cluster.<\/b> Cylinders travel between stations on one rail, so the cell needs a clear run rather than a crane path over the top of everything.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-469 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-468 oxy-text\">\n<b>No overhead crane is needed for production.<\/b> Cylinder movement inside the cell is handled by the transfer car, which is a real difference when your shop already shares one crane between three bays.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-471 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-470 oxy-text\">\n<b>The perimeter is yours to fence.<\/b> Because the stations sit in a line, the cell can be guarded as a single zone instead of interrupting a walkway every few metres.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-473 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-472 oxy-text\">\n<b>Access for the largest part still has to work.<\/b> Cured molds up to 2,500 mm leave the cell by forklift or crane from the cleaning station, so keep that edge of the island clear of racking.\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-476 oxy-text j25a-note\">\nThe bay outline above is drawn for scale only, to show how much of a typical industrial bay the cell occupies. Your own layout, including aisles and the forklift route, is confirmed in the pre-installation site survey.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-526 oxy-container j25a-band j25a-band--alt\" id=\"site\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-525 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-482 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-479 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nSite check\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-480 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nSeven numbers to check before you ask anyone for a price\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-481 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nA 2,500 mm sand printer is a building project as much as a machine purchase, and the two items below that catch people out are the climate specification and the floor. Both are engineering problems with known answers, but they belong in the budget from the start, not after the order.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-511 oxy-container j25a-sites\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-486 oxy-container j25a-site\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-483 oxy-text j25a-site-k\">\nFloor load\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-484 oxy-text j25a-site-v j25a-num\">\n\u22653 t\/m\u00b2\n<\/span><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-485 oxy-text j25a-site-w\">\nRoughly three times what a compact machine asks for. A standard reinforced industrial slab is not automatically enough, so the foundation is designed against the drawing we supply. Expect either a thickened slab or piling under the cell, depending on what is already there.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-490 oxy-container j25a-site j25a-site--flag\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-487 oxy-text j25a-site-k\">\nAmbient temperature<span class=\"j25a-flagtag\">Plan for this<\/span>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-488 oxy-text j25a-site-v j25a-num\">\n22\u201328 \u00b0C\n<\/span><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-489 oxy-text j25a-site-w\">\nThis is the requirement that separates the J2500A from a compact printer. It is specified for a controlled 22\u201328 \u00b0C, so the cell area needs real climate control rather than an open bay door. Budget it as part of the installation, not as an optional extra. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">Ask us what we normally see<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-494 oxy-container j25a-site j25a-site--flag\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-491 oxy-text j25a-site-k\">\nAmbient humidity<span class=\"j25a-flagtag\">Plan for this<\/span>\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-492 oxy-text j25a-site-v j25a-num\">\n30\u201350% RH\n<\/span><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-493 oxy-text j25a-site-w\">\nHolding 30\u201350% relative humidity means drying and dehumidification, not just cooling. It is a tighter window than a compact machine, and it is what protects layer adhesion and dimensional stability on a build that runs long enough to matter.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-498 oxy-container j25a-site\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-495 oxy-text j25a-site-k\">\nBuilding height\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-496 oxy-text j25a-site-v j25a-num\">\n\u22654,5 m\n<\/span><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-497 oxy-text j25a-site-w\">\nThe cell stands 4,250 mm. The allowance above that covers the sand feed and servicing access.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-502 oxy-container j25a-site\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-499 oxy-text j25a-site-k\">\nWeight to place\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-500 oxy-text j25a-site-v j25a-num\">\n\u224840 t total \u00b7 \u224817 t host\n<\/span><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-501 oxy-text j25a-site-w\">\nThe host unit is a single lift of about 17 tonnes; the full installation including the platform, stations and cylinders is around 40 tonnes. That drives both the rigging plan and the foundation design.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-506 oxy-container j25a-site\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-503 oxy-text j25a-site-k\">\nPower supply\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-504 oxy-text j25a-site-v j25a-num\">\nAC 380 V \u00b110% \u00b7 50 Hz \u00b12%\n<\/span><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-505 oxy-text j25a-site-w\">\nThree-phase five-wire. The connection rating for your configuration is stated in the technical proposal, because it moves with the options you choose.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-510 oxy-container j25a-site\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-507 oxy-text j25a-site-k\">\nCompressed air\n<\/span><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-508 oxy-text j25a-site-v j25a-num\">\n0.6\u20130.8 MPa \u00b7 \u22651.2 m\u00b3\/min\n<\/span><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-509 oxy-text j25a-site-w\">\nClean and dry, from a normal shop take-off point. Nothing exotic, but it has to be dry, because moisture in the air line ends up in the sand bed.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-524 oxy-container j25a-gives\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-514 oxy-container j25a-give\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-512 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Foundation drawings<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-513 oxy-text\">\nIssued for your structural engineer, so the slab or piling design is not guesswork.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-517 oxy-container j25a-give\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-515 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>A pre-installation site survey<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-516 oxy-text\">\nWe come and look at the bay, the access route and the services before the machine is crated.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-520 oxy-container j25a-give\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-518 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>A utility schedule<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-519 oxy-text\">\nPower, air and climate loads in one document your facilities team can work from directly.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-523 oxy-container j25a-give\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-521 oxy-text\">\n\n        <b>Commissioning and training<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-522 oxy-text\">\nInstallation, commissioning and operator training on your own floor, on your own parts.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-569 oxy-container j25a-band\" id=\"fit\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-568 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-530 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-527 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nIs it right for you\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-528 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nThis cell is the right answer for some foundries, and an expensive mistake for others\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-529 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nA 2,500 mm cell costs more to install than to buy, in the sense that the building work is the part that surprises people. So be direct with yourself about which of these two columns you are in. If you are in the right-hand column, a smaller machine will do the job for a fraction of the installation.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-563 oxy-container j25a-qual\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-547 oxy-container j25a-qcol j25a-qcol--yes\"><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-531 oxy-text\">\nChoose the J2500A if\n<\/h3><ul class=\"oxy-container-7359-546 oxy-container j25a-qlist\"><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-533 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-532 oxy-text\">\nYour castings <b>regularly exceed 1,800 mm<\/b> in the largest dimension, or you are turning work away because the mold does not fit.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-535 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-534 oxy-text\">\nYou have <b>repeat production work<\/b>, not one-off prototypes. A cell earns its keep on jobs that come back.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-537 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-536 oxy-text\">\nYou can give it <b>about 137 m\u00b2 of floor<\/b> as one island, with a clear run rather than a shared walkway through the middle.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-539 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-538 oxy-text\">\nYour building can take <b>\u22653 t\/m\u00b2<\/b>, or you are willing to design a foundation that can.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-541 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-540 oxy-text\">\nYou can hold <b>22\u201328 \u00b0C and 30\u201350% RH<\/b> around the cell. If the answer is no, that is a project, not a dealbreaker.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-543 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-542 oxy-text\">\nYou want to <b>stop rigging heavy cylinders by hand<\/b> and stop losing print hours to breakout and cleaning.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-545 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-544 oxy-text\">\nYou are replacing <b>large pattern work<\/b> where the tooling cost and lead time have become the constraint on quoting.\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-562 oxy-container j25a-qcol j25a-qcol--no\"><h3 class=\"oxy-text-7359-548 oxy-text\">\nLook at a smaller model instead if\n<\/h3><ul class=\"oxy-container-7359-561 oxy-container j25a-qlist\"><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-550 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-549 oxy-text\">\nYour parts fit comfortably in a <b>1,200 mm or 1,800 mm envelope<\/b>. You would be paying for floor, foundations and climate control you never use.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-554 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-551 oxy-text\">\nYou need an <b>occasional one-off prototype<\/b> rather than production capacity. The \n<\/div><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-552 oxy-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/services\/sand-mold-sand-core-3d-printing\/\" target=\"_self\">\nprinting service\n<\/a><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-553 oxy-text\">\n is usually the better first step.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-556 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-555 oxy-text\">\nYour bay <b>cannot take 3 t\/m\u00b2<\/b> and structural work is off the table for the foreseeable future.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-558 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-557 oxy-text\">\nYou <b>cannot control the climate<\/b> in that part of the shop and have no budget to start.\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"oxy-container-7359-560 oxy-container\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-559 oxy-text\">\nYou need the machine <b>in production next month<\/b>. This is an installation project with foundation, services and commissioning in the critical path.\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-564 oxy-text j25a-note\">\n<strong>Not sure which column you are in?<\/strong> Send us your largest casting dimensions and the bay you have available. We will tell you which envelope you actually need, including when the honest answer is a smaller machine.\n<\/p><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-567 oxy-container j25a-inline-cta\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-565 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\" target=\"_self\">\nGet a machine recommendation\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-566 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-outline j25a-btn-on-light\" href=\"#site\" target=\"_self\">\nRe-check the site requirements\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-620 oxy-container j25a-band j25a-band--alt\" id=\"range\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-619 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-573 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-570 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nModel range\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-571 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nWhere the J2500A sits in the 3DPTEK range\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-572 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nThe J2500A is the large-format platform built around continuous production: a deep envelope, twelve printheads, and the transfer system that keeps the print station fed. If your parts are smaller, or your volume is lower, the models below will do the job for less installation.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-617 oxy-container j25a-rangewrap\"><table class=\"oxy-container-7359-616 oxy-container j25a-range\"><thead class=\"oxy-container-7359-579 oxy-container\"><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-578 oxy-container\"><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-574 oxy-text\">\nModelo\n<\/th><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-575 oxy-text\">\nVolume de constru\u00e7\u00e3o\n<\/th><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-576 oxy-text\">\nCabe\u00e7as de impress\u00e3o\n<\/th><th class=\"oxy-text-7359-577 oxy-text\">\nPosicionamento\n<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody class=\"oxy-container-7359-615 oxy-container\"><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-584 oxy-container is-here\"><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-580 oxy-text\">\n3DPTEK-J2500A<span class=\"j25a-here\">This page<\/span>\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-581 oxy-text\">\n2 500 \u00d7 1 500 \u00d7 1 000 mm\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-582 oxy-text\">\n12\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-583 oxy-text\">\nLarge-format continuous production, with RGV transfer between the print, cleaning and curing stations. Needs \u22653 t\/m\u00b2, a controlled 22\u201328 \u00b0C and about 137 m\u00b2 of floor.\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-590 oxy-container\"><td class=\"oxy-container-7359-586 oxy-container\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-585 oxy-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/3d-printers\/sand-3d-printers\/3dptek-j1800\/\" target=\"_self\">\n3DPTEK-J1800\n<\/a><\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-587 oxy-text\">\n1 800 \u00d7 1 000 \u00d7 700 mm\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-588 oxy-text\">\n8\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-589 oxy-text\">\nThe established mid-volume workhorse for mold and core work, installable in a normal bay with a much lighter foundation.\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-596 oxy-container\"><td class=\"oxy-container-7359-592 oxy-container\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-591 oxy-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/3d-printers\/sand-3d-printers\/3dptek-j1800s\/\" target=\"_self\">\n3DPTEK-J1800S\n<\/a><\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-593 oxy-text\">\n1 800 \u00d7 1 000 \u00d7 700 mm\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-594 oxy-text\">\nOn request\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-595 oxy-text\">\nThe latest-generation J1800 with high-speed vibration powder spreading: same envelope at roughly half the weight.\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-602 oxy-container\"><td class=\"oxy-container-7359-598 oxy-container\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-597 oxy-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/3d-printers\/sand-3d-printers\/3dptek-j1200\/\" target=\"_self\">\n3DPTEK-J1200\n<\/a><\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-599 oxy-text\">\n1 200 \u00d7 965 \u00d7 800 mm\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-600 oxy-text\">\n3\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-601 oxy-text\">\nCompact production with the deepest Z in its footprint, and the easiest installation in the range: \u22651 t\/m\u00b2 floor load and a 10\u201330 \u00b0C workshop.\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-608 oxy-container\"><td class=\"oxy-container-7359-604 oxy-container\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-603 oxy-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/3d-printers\/sand-3d-printers\/3dptek-j4000\/\" target=\"_self\">\n3DPTEK-J4000\n<\/a><\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-605 oxy-text\">\n3 800 \u00d7 1 850 \u00d7 1 000 mm\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-606 oxy-text\">\nOn request\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-607 oxy-text\">\nOversized molds and cores with sand-box-free flexible forming up to 4 m, at 130\u2013360 L\/h.\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"oxy-container-7359-614 oxy-container\"><td class=\"oxy-container-7359-610 oxy-container\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-609 oxy-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/3d-printers\/sand-3d-printers\/3dptek-j4000pro\/\" target=\"_self\">\n3DPTEK-J4000Pro\n<\/a><\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-611 oxy-text\">\n4 000 \u00d7 2 500 \u00d7 1 500 mm\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-612 oxy-text\">\n17\n<\/td><td class=\"oxy-text-7359-613 oxy-text\">\nFlagship platform for oversized castings at scale: up to 1,744 L\/h and 10+ t of molds per cycle.\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-618 oxy-text j25a-note\">\n<strong>Not sure which one?<\/strong> Send us your part list with the largest casting dimensions, and the bay you have available. We will tell you which envelope you actually need. If the J2500A is the wrong machine for your work, we will say so. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">Request a machine recommendation<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-704 oxy-container j25a-band\" id=\"faq\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-703 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-624 oxy-container j25a-head\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-621 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nPerguntas frequentes\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-622 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nQuestions large-format buyers ask about the J2500A\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-623 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nThe questions that come up before an order of this size: whether the building works, how the cell keeps running, what it prints, and what happens after delivery.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-701 oxy-container j25a-faq\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/FAQPage\"><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-629 oxy-container\" open=\"\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-625 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q1<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">What is the build volume and how many printheads does the 3DPTEK-J2500A have?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-628 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-627 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-626 oxy-text\">\nThe J2500A prints <strong>2 500 \u00d7 1 500 \u00d7 1 000 mm<\/strong> in a single build, using <strong>12 printheads<\/strong> at 400 dpi. Layer time is 16\u201320 seconds, layer thickness is selectable from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, and powder is spread in both directions. That is roughly four times the build volume of a 1,200 mm class machine.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-634 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-630 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q2<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">How does the two-cylinder transfer system keep the J2500A printing?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-633 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-632 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-631 oxy-text\">\nThe build cylinder is a free-standing box rather than a fixture welded into the machine. <strong>Two cylinders alternate<\/strong>, and a rail-guided transfer car moves the loaded cylinder out of the print station, through the cleaning station, and on to the curing position, bringing the prepared cylinder back in. The print station therefore does not have to sit idle while a finished mold is dug out, which is what makes continuous production possible rather than theoretical.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-639 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-635 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q3<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">What floor and foundation work does the J2500A need?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-638 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-637 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-636 oxy-text\">\nA floor load capacity of at least <strong>3 t\/m\u00b2<\/strong> and a building height of at least <strong>4.5 m<\/strong>. The installation weighs around <strong>40 tonnes<\/strong> in total, with the host unit at about 17 tonnes. A standard reinforced slab is not automatically sufficient, so we issue <strong>foundation drawings<\/strong> for your structural engineer and carry out a pre-installation site survey before the machine ships.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-644 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-640 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q4<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">Does the J2500A need a temperature-controlled room?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-643 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-642 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-641 oxy-text\">\nYes. The J2500A is specified for <strong>22\u201328 \u00b0C and 30\u201350% relative humidity<\/strong>, which is a tighter window than a compact sand printer and means genuine climate control plus dehumidification around the cell. It is one of the two requirements that most often surprises buyers, along with the floor load, and it belongs in the project budget from the beginning.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-649 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-645 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q5<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">How much floor space does the cell take in total?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-648 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-647 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-646 oxy-text\">\nThe cell footprint is <strong>14,800 \u00d7 9,280 mm<\/strong>, standing 4,250 mm tall. The host unit on its own is 5,315 \u00d7 3,100 \u00d7 3,100 mm. Because the stations and transfer rail occupy that full footprint, plan the cell as one island with a reserved perimeter rather than as a machine with equipment around it, and keep the cleaning-station edge clear for forklift access to finished molds.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-654 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-650 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q6<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">Which sand and binder does the J2500A use?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-653 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-652 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-651 oxy-text\">\n<strong>Quartz sand and ceramic sand<\/strong>, bonded with either a <strong>furan resin<\/strong> or a <strong>phenolic resin<\/strong> system. Printed molds reach <strong>1.5\u20132.5 MPa tensile strength<\/strong>. Because both binder chemistries are supported on the same platform, the choice of binder stays with your foundry and your sand supplier rather than being fixed by the machine purchase.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-659 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-655 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q7<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">How long does a full build take on the J2500A?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-658 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-657 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-656 oxy-text\">\nBuild time follows from the part height, the layer thickness and the layer time. At 0.5 mm layers a 1,000 mm tall build is about <strong>2,000 layers<\/strong>; at 0.2 mm layers the same height is about <strong>5,000 layers<\/strong>. At 16\u201320 seconds per layer you can work out the printing window for your own part from those three published figures. Because the cylinder is swapped rather than emptied in place, a long build does not block the rest of the cell. Send us a part and we will give you a build-time estimate with the quotation.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-664 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-660 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q8<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">What dimensional accuracy can I expect on a machine this size?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-663 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-662 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-661 oxy-text\">\n<strong>\u00b10.3 mm over features up to 300 mm<\/strong>, e <strong>\u00b10.5 mm beyond 300 mm<\/strong>. Quoting accuracy against the feature size rather than as one blanket number is the honest way to state it across a 2,500 mm envelope, and it is the figure your foundry should be planning machining allowance against.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-669 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-665 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q9<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">Can I nest several molds in one build?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-668 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-667 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-666 oxy-text\">\nYes, and on a cell this size that is usually how the build volume gets used. The envelope holds <strong>3.75 m\u00b3<\/strong>, so a large mold package and a set of smaller molds can share one job, and shorter cores can be stacked in the 1,000 mm Z direction. Filling the bed is how you convert build volume into throughput, given that the print station keeps running while the other cylinder is cleaned and cured.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-674 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-670 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q10<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">What software does the J2500A use, and what files does it accept?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-673 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-672 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-671 oxy-text\">\n<strong>AFSWin3DP-L V1.0<\/strong>, developed in-house and supplied with the machine. It accepts <strong>STL<\/strong> model files, handles process and machine parameter setup and motion control, and manages the print, transfer, cleaning and curing sequence across the cell. Operator training is delivered on your own parts during commissioning.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-679 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-675 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q11<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">What is included with installation and training?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-678 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-677 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-676 oxy-text\">\nFoundation drawings, a pre-installation site survey and a utility schedule issued ahead of delivery; on-site installation and commissioning; and operator training on your own floor. Application engineering is included as well: sand selection, layer thickness, orientation and post-processing parameters are set for your castings rather than left to a manual. After handover you have warranty coverage, remote diagnostics, preventive maintenance and a sand and binder supply route.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-684 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-680 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q12<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">Quanto tempo demora a entrega e a instala\u00e7\u00e3o?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-683 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-682 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-681 oxy-text\">\nA test print on your parts typically takes a few working days. The site survey and foundation drawings run in parallel with manufacturing, so the civil and utility work does not have to sit on the critical path, but it does have to start early: on a machine this size the foundation and climate work is the part that sets the date. Ask us for a written schedule against your target production start.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-689 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-685 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q13<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">What about spares, consumables and long-term support?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-688 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-687 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-686 oxy-text\">\nThe control platform and drives are mainstream industrial components rather than single-source parts, so spares are ordinary catalogue items rather than long-lead imports. Sand and binder are available through normal foundry supply channels, and because the machine supports both furan and phenolic chemistry you are not locked to one consumables route. Support runs through remote diagnostics with escalation to our Beijing engineering team.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-695 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-690 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q14<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">How much does the 3DPTEK-J2500A cost, and how do I get a quotation?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-694 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-693 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-691 oxy-text\">\nWe quote the J2500A against your requirement rather than publishing a list price, because on a large-format cell the delivered figure depends on the configuration, the foundation and climate work your building needs, and the sand, binder and service scope that go with it. There is no single number that applies to every foundry.\n<\/p><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-692 oxy-text\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">Send us your part list, your largest casting dimensions and the bay you have available<\/a> and an application engineer will come back with a formal quotation, a machine recommendation and the installation requirements for your site. If it helps, we will print one of your molds first so you can judge the output before any commercial discussion.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><details class=\"oxy-container-7359-700 oxy-container\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><summary class=\"oxy-text-7359-696 oxy-text\">\n<i>Q15<\/i><span itemprop=\"name\">How is this different from making a pattern and moulding by hand?<\/span><em>\u25be<\/em>\n<\/summary><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-699 oxy-container j25a-ans\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-698 oxy-container\" itemprop=\"text\"><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-697 oxy-text\">\nThe tooling stage is absent rather than shortened. With conventional tooling, a large casting waits on pattern design, pattern making, trial and correction before the first mould is rammed, and that cost is carried by the batch. On the J2500A the mould and its cores are printed from the STL, so a design revision is a new file instead of a new pattern, and small batches do not carry a tooling penalty. What changes on the shop floor is that the job becomes a machine task for a trained operator rather than a hand skill.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-702 oxy-text j25a-note\">\nMore general questions about the technology and the buying process are answered on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/resources\/faqs\/\">FAQ page<\/a> and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/blog\/sand-3d-printer-buyer-guide\/\">sand 3D printer buyer's guide<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-721 oxy-container j25a-band j25a-band--alt\" id=\"inquiry\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-720 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-708 oxy-container j25a-head j25a-head--center\"><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-705 oxy-text j25a-eyebrow\">\nWhat happens next\n<\/span><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-706 oxy-text j25a-h2\">\nYou do not have to be ready to buy to ask us a question\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-707 oxy-text j25a-sub\">\nMost first conversations start with one part, not with a budget. Here is exactly what happens after you send it, and what it costs you.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-718 oxy-container j25a-steps\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-711 oxy-container j25a-step\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-709 oxy-text\">\n\n        <span class=\"j25a-step-n\">1<\/span>\n        <b>You send a part<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-710 oxy-text\">\nAn STL if you have one, or a drawing if that is what exists. Add the largest casting dimensions and the bay you are working with, and that is enough to start.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-714 oxy-container j25a-step\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-712 oxy-text\">\n\n        <span class=\"j25a-step-n\">2<\/span>\n        <b>We print it and ship it back<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-713 oxy-text\">\nOn a production machine, not a demonstration one. Free, and under NDA if you want one. Holding the mould answers more questions than any specification sheet we could send you.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-717 oxy-container j25a-step\"><div class=\"oxy-text-7359-715 oxy-text\">\n\n        <span class=\"j25a-step-n\">3<\/span>\n        <b>You get a written proposal<\/b>\n        \n<\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-716 oxy-text\">\nA formal quotation, a machine recommendation from an application engineer, and the installation requirements for your site: foundation, utilities, climate load and the rigging plan.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-719 oxy-text j25a-note j25a-note--center\">\nNo obligation at any point, and no sales pressure until you have held the part. If the J2500A is wrong for your castings we will say so, including when the right answer is a smaller machine or the printing service. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\">Start with one part<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-728 oxy-container dpt-cta-banner\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-727 oxy-container dpt-cta-content\"><h2 class=\"oxy-text-7359-722 oxy-text\">\nSend us the part you currently split into pieces.\n<\/h2><p class=\"oxy-text-7359-723 oxy-text\">\nShare the STL of the casting whose mold does not fit your current envelope, the one that needs a joint, a loose piece or a collapsible core box. We will print it on a production machine and send it back with a quotation and the installation requirements for your site. No obligation, and no sales pitch until you have held the part.\n<\/p><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-726 oxy-container dpt-hero-actions\"><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-724 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/get-a-quote\/\" target=\"_self\">\nSend your part for a test print\n<\/a><a class=\"oxy-text-link-7359-725 oxy-text-link dpt-btn dpt-btn-outline\" href=\"mailto:sales@lyafs.com\" target=\"_self\">\nFale com um engenheiro de aplica\u00e7\u00f5es\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"oxy-container-7359-749 oxy-container j25a-band j25a-band--tight\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-748 oxy-container j25a-wrap\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-747 oxy-container j25a-related\"><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-731 oxy-container j25a-rel\"><code class=\"oxy-text-7359-729 oxy-text\">\nSand printers\n<\/code><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-730 oxy-text\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/3d-printers\/sand-3d-printers\/\">The full 3DPTEK sand 3D printer range<\/a>, covering binder jetting platforms from 1,200 mm to 4,000 mm.\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-734 oxy-container j25a-rel\"><code class=\"oxy-text-7359-732 oxy-text\">\nServi\u00e7os\n<\/code><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-733 oxy-text\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/services\/sand-mold-sand-core-3d-printing\/\">Sand mold &amp; core 3D printing service<\/a>: print one part before you commit to a cell.\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-737 oxy-container j25a-rel\"><code class=\"oxy-text-7359-735 oxy-text\">\nLearning\n<\/code><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-736 oxy-text\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/blog\/how-sand-3d-printing-works\/\">How sand 3D printing works<\/a>: the process, layer by layer, from STL to pour.\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-740 oxy-container j25a-rel\"><code class=\"oxy-text-7359-738 oxy-text\">\nComparison\n<\/code><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-739 oxy-text\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/blog\/sand-3d-printer-comparison-3dptek-vs-exone-voxeljet\/\">3DPTEK vs ExOne vs voxeljet<\/a>: how the platforms compare on envelope and throughput.\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-743 oxy-container j25a-rel\"><code class=\"oxy-text-7359-741 oxy-text\">\nCosting\n<\/code><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-742 oxy-text\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/blog\/sand-3d-printing-cost\/\">What sand 3D printing costs<\/a>: machine, consumables and per-part economics.\n<\/span><\/div><div class=\"oxy-container-7359-746 oxy-container j25a-rel\"><code class=\"oxy-text-7359-744 oxy-text\">\nDesign\n<\/code><span class=\"oxy-text-7359-745 oxy-text\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyafs.com\/pt\/blog\/patternless-sand-casting-guide\/\">The patternless sand casting guide<\/a>: designing molds that need no tooling.\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuous production cell \u00b7 2,500 mm class 3DPTEK-J2500A Sand 3D Printer: the Cylinder Leaves the Machine, Printing Doesn&#8217;t Stop A 2,500 \u00d7 1,500 \u00d7 1,000 mm binder jetting cell with twelve 400 dpi printheads. 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