Rapid Precision Castings
DDM Systems
Atlanta, GA, United States
About
Rapid Precision Castings is a defense contract manufacturer based in Atlanta, United States working in air systems, space, missiles & munitions +1 more.
Rapid Precision Castings (RPC), the production brand of DDM Systems, is a U.S. digital foundry based in Atlanta, Georgia. The company produces precision metal investment castings using its patented LAMP ceramic 3D printing technology, which prints ready-to-pour ceramic shell molds with integrated cores directly from CAD files, eliminating conventional tooling. It offers casting in a broad range of alloys, including nickel, cobalt-chrome, stainless steel, aluminum and tool steels, using air-melt and vacuum-melt processes. RPC also provides SLE additive restoration for high-value superalloy turbine components. Its customers include aerospace, defense, space, power generation, medical and industrial manufacturers. The company states it holds ITAR registration, DFARS-compliant processes and AS9100D credentials, and it supplies castings for defense and aerospace programmes, including sustainment parts for legacy aircraft and hypersonic missile systems. Technology origins trace to a DARPA programme and US Navy-funded research, and the company reports 26 patents.
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LAMP Digital Investment Casting
3D-printed ceramic shell molds
Patented LAMP ceramic 3D printing technology that produces ready-to-pour investment casting shell molds with integrated cores directly from CAD files, without tooling.
DirectPour Process
Digital investment casting service
End-to-end casting process from CAD model to finished metal part using 3D-printed ceramic shells, with no tooling required.
SLE Additive Restoration
Metal additive repair service
Laser-based additive restoration of worn or damaged nickel superalloy turbine components, including non-weldable alloys.
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Defense standards
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AS9100D
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Hermes Award finalist
