Industrial_plasticine
Industrial plasticine
Modeling material which is mainly used by automotive design studios
Industrial plasticine is a modeling material which is mainly used by automotive design studios.[1] It was developed as an industrial version of plasticine or hobby clay.
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Industrial plasticine is based on wax and typically contains sulfur, which gives a characteristic smell to most artificial clays. The styled object can be used to create moulds. However, largely because sulfur interfered with some mould-making processes, especially if clay surfaces are unsealed surfaces and platinum-cure room-temperature–vulcanizing silicone was used, sulfur-free variants are now available; these are usually much lighter than sulfur-containing clays.[2][additional citation(s) needed]
More recently, clay models are 3D scanned into a digital file using laser technology. This is then opened in computer-aided design software to be worked further.[2]
If a negative mold is required, this data is sent to a milling machine.