EXACTCAST paddings optimize the production of demanding and thin-walled components For the production of demanding geometries and thin-walled components, ASK Chemicals offers EXACTCAST paddings as a way to avoid time consuming and expensive component changes, ultimately shortening development times and time-to-market. The targeted use of paddings increases the feed length and reduces casting defects and rework. Paddings are freely formable components made of exothermic or insulating material, which enable directional solidification and increase the feeding distance. The use of contour-forming paddings is particularly useful for components with thin walls that connect the nodes of the component with one another. These make it possible to delay the solidification to such an extent that the nodes can be fed via the thin walls. The use of paddings is economically attractive in components with difficult-to-access residual solidification areas or geometries where several individual risers can be combined. (see Fig.1)The use of this new technology leads to the preservation of the originally designed geometry.