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About Rhodium Plated Brass
Rhodium Plated Brass offers a shiny, mirror-like finish that is popular for both Men and Women's jewelry. It's capable of showcasing intricate details and offers a professional, finished look and feel. Electroplating is 0.25 microns thick which is perfect for occasional wear. For jewelry for everyday wear, we recommend trying Silver.
Common Applications
Women's and Men's Jewelry including Bracelets, Pendants, Cufflinks, and Tie Bars
Material Properties
High Quality & Professional Finishing
Capable of intricate details
Great value
Handling and Care
Precious Plated Metal is a durable material, but can still scratch or wear through. Prolonged surface wear can rub off the finish. To prevent damage, we recommend storing your item in a soft cloth pouch away from other products, and avoiding exposure to household chemicals and cleaning products.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long will the plating last?
The lifetime of the electroplating is dependent on many factor, such as handling, how often the piece is worn, and exposure to humidity and soap. We typically don't recommend electroplated jewelry for rings because it will wear faster than pendants and other jewelry.
Will this turn my finger green?
Over time, the electroplating will wear through, exposing the brass base material. Brass can react with your skin to produce a green tinge. However, this is non-harmful.
Does this contain nickel and what is the underplate?
We underplate the rhodium with a tin-rhodium alloy to provide strength and durability. No nickel is present in this material.
How is this material made?
Brass models are fabricated using lost wax casting. First, the model is printed in wax using a specialized high-resolution 3D Printer. It is then put in a container where liquid plaster is poured in around it. Once the plaster sets, the wax is melted out in a furnace, and the remaining plaster becomes the mold.
Molten brass is poured into this mold and set to harden. The plaster is broken away, and your product is carefully cleaned and hand polished. Each product goes through two plating steps - first a layer of tin-rhodium is applied to provide strength and durability. Then your selected precious metal plating provides the finishing touch.
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Lost Wax Casting
- Bounding Box
- Wall Thickness
- Wires
- Surface Details
- Escape Holes
- Clearance
- Interlocking Parts
- Multiple Parts
- Accuracy
- Design Tips
- Pricing
BOUNDING BOX
Maximum
89 × 89 × 100 mm
Minimum
2.4 × 2.4 × 0.6 mm
Your model should be within the minimum and maximum bounding box sizes. The maximum bounding box represents the largest model that our printers can produce. The minimum bounding box size is the smallest dimension in which we can print in this material.
WALL THICKNESS
Min Supported Wall Thickness
0.8 mm
Min Unsupported Wall Thickness
0.8 mm
LDsports 开户A supported wall is connected on at least two sides. Walls in your model must meet the minimum measurements to ensure it survives the printing and cleaning process. Thin walls are prone to warping during printing and are fragile to clean. Objects that meet the minimum requirements may still be rejected based on the geometry in which case our production team will communicate with you if the design needs improvements and can assist you to strengthen your model.
WIRES
Min Supported Wires
0.8 mm
Min Unsupported Wires
0.8 mm
A geometry is considered a wire when it is thinner in both unconnected directions than its length. Wires that are under our suggested minimums are prone to breaking in the cleaning process.
SURFACE DETAILS
Min embossed detail
0.4 mm high & wide thick
Min engraved detail
0.35 mm high & wide
We recommend these minimum measurements for details like embossing or engraving, based off of printer resolution.
ESCAPE HOLES
Single Escape Hole Diameter
4.0 mm
Multiple Escape Hole Diameter
2.0 mm
Escape holes allow unbuilt material inside hollow products to be removed.
To create silver products, a plaster mold is poured around a wax print of your product, and then silver is cast into the plaster mold. For products with hollow areas, escape holes are essential for two parts of this process. First, the liquid plaster must be able to enter the hole to fill in the hollow area. Then, once the metal is cast, the escape hole must be large enough to allow removal of the hardened plaster from the hollow area. If escape holes are too small, the hollow area may be completely filled in with metal or plaster.
LDsports 开户A single escape hole at the end of a cavity will not allow material in the corners near the escape hole to fully escape. So we recommend multiple escape holes at both ends of the cavity.
A single escape hole at the end of a cavity will not allow material in the corners near the escape hole to fully escape. So we recommend multiple escape holes at both ends of the cavity.
CLEARANCE
0.3 mm
Clearance is the space between an two parts, e.g. space between gears or a ball and socket joint.
INTERLOCKING AND ENCLOSED PARTS ?
No.
MULTIPLE PARTS ?
Up to 2 identical parts (like earrings or cufflinks) may be uploaded in the same model file. We cannot accept multiple, unique, non-interlocking parts ordered in the same model file; there should be one file for each unique part.
ACCURACY
Your model may shrink about 0.25 mm plus 2.5% after casting and finishing.
For rings the inner diameter is accurate within +/- 0.1 to 0.15mm. On average, the model shrinks about 2.5% after casting and finishing. We do our best to polish the internal diameter to match your model file.
DESIGN TIPS
Polishing
Polishing gives this material a beautiful finish, but can have an impact on fine details. During the polishing step, fine or sharp-edged details may be polished down or even broken off. Keep this in mind when you're designing fine details.
We can only polish well-reachable surfaces, so tight internal spaces may remain unpolished.
LDsports 开户Plating will wear in the long term
Prolonged surface wear can rub off the finish. The plating on the inside of rings will wear in the long term, exposing the skin to the underlying brass. This is not harmful for the skin, but it can leave undesired green stains.
LDsports 开户Keep embossed and engraved details shallow
LDsports 开户Engraved details must not be too deep, and embossed details must not be too tall. The width of your detail must be the same or greater than how far it juts out from the surface (or sinks in for engraving). Engraved details that are too deep will cause issues when casting. Embossed details that are too tall are more likely to chip and break during production (unless the detail meets the minimum wall requirements).
Stone holding prongs should be short
LDsports 开户Prongs for holding stones cannot be too long without anything connecting them. This connecting beam is to prevent the wax from breaking away. Also, with thin and long prongs, the product will not to be able to hold big stones. Make sure your stone will sit snug and tight.
PRICING
How will the price of my model be calculated?
- Material Volume - the amount of material* needed to 3D print your product
- Production - associated production costs including labor; quality control; machine maintenance; general utilities; and other supporting services required to 3D print your product
LDsports 开户* Note that the price of precious metals may fluctuate based on international market demand. This may impact the underlying material price.
LDsports 开户What is the minimum price?
LDsports 开户The minimum price per model is $25
