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ALTANA Cubic Ink Mold 400 VP — Water-Breakable Casting Resin (DLP/LCD/mSLA)
Print a mold, cast your part, dissolve the mold in water. ALTANA Cubic Ink Mold 400 VP is a water-breakable liquid photopolymer resin for Freeform Injection Molding — 3D-print a sacrificial mold on an open DLP/LCD/mSLA printer, cast or inject your production material (even PEEK, PPS or glass-filled), then break the mold away in plain water.
- ✓ Open platform — parameters for Nexa XiP, Formlabs, Asiga, Prusa, Phrozen
- ✓ Water-breakable demolding — no solvent bath
- ✓ Handles real process heat & pressure — up to 380 °C / 1200 bar
Sold in 1 kg and 5 kg bottles · invoiced per kg · in stock.
What your process engineer actually checks
Tooling we run ourselves
Additive Plus runs 3D-printed tooling in-house, so we know what a water-breakable mold has to do on a real cycle — not just on a datasheet. We help match Mold 400 to your fill material before you commit.
A materials engineer on the line
Factory-trained support, not a remote ticket queue. We size the mold, fill and release cycle to your part and target material. Sub-24h reply, NDA standard.
ALTANA Cubic Ink Mold 400 VP is a water-breakable casting resin that 3D-prints sacrificial molds for injection molding, casting and silicone work — then breaks apart in plain water, with minimal swelling, so parts release cleanly on an automatable cycle.
Why engineers choose Mold 400 VP
One-Shot Mold technology, not another castable resin.
One-Shot Mold (OSM) technology
The printed mold tolerates real filling temperature and pressure — up to 380 °C at the process and 1200 bar — so you cast in your target material, not a stand-in.
Water-breakable release
The cured mold disintegrates in water with minimal swelling — significantly faster in a 1% NaOH solution. No mechanical breakout — release is clean and repeatable.
Short, automatable cycles
Print, fill, release in water, repeat. OSM is built for short cycle times you can put on a production line.
Rigid & dimensionally stable
42 MPa tensile strength, 1900 MPa modulus and 80 Shore D hold cavity geometry, with 30/50 µm xy/z accuracy.
See it in use
Printed OSM mold, a water-released part, and molded application examples.
Technical properties
Measured on uncolored resin (TDS v4, 26 Mar 2026). Post-cured 30 min UV, Prusa CW1s.
| Property | Value | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Viscosity (25 °C) | 70 mPa·s | DIN EN ISO 3219 |
| Density | 1.11 g/mL | DIN EN ISO 15212-1 |
| Ultimate tensile strength | 42 MPa | DIN EN ISO 527-5A |
| Yield strength | 41 MPa | DIN EN ISO 527-5A |
| Tensile modulus | 1900 MPa | DIN EN ISO 527-5A |
| Elongation at break | 42 % | DIN EN ISO 527-5A |
| Shore hardness | 80 D | DIN EN ISO 7619 |
| Color | Translucent, light yellow | — |
| Cleaner compatibility | Cubic Ink Cleaner 400 | — |
Injection & casting limits
What the printed OSM tool can take.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Max. temperature at process | 380 °C |
| Max. injection pressure | 1200 bar |
| Min. wall thickness (mold) | 200 µm |
| Min. thickness (filling material) | 100 µm |
| Accuracy (xy / z) | 30 / 50 µm |
| Pot life (casting) | up to 3.5 h |
Compatible filling materials
Successfully tested by customers; the list keeps growing. Compatibility also depends on part geometry.
| Injection molding | Casting |
|---|---|
| Polyethylene · Polypropylene (up to 36% GF) | 2K silicones (RTV & LSR) |
| PBT (up to 40% GF) · PA6 (up to 40% GF) · PA12 | 2K epoxides (incl. GF & fillers) |
| PVC · Polycarbonate (up to 20% GF) | 2K polyurethanes · 2K polyesters |
| PEEK (up to 30% CF) · PPS (up to 80% CF) | Metal alloys (melting point < 200 °C) |
| Recycled / renewable compounds (e.g. ARBOFILL) | — |
Print settings
Starting exposure by printer, uncolored (Cubic Ink measured). Tune per geometry.
| Printer | Layer | Bottom exp. | Default exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prusa SL1S Speed (LCD, 405 nm) | 50 µm | 8.00 s | 1.00 s |
| Formlabs Form 4 (LCD, 405 nm) | 50 / 100 µm | 0.45 / 0.72 s | 0.30 / 0.36 s |
| Nexa XiP (LCD, 405 nm) | 50 µm | 5.00 s | 2.00 s |
| Asiga Pro 4K80 (DLP, 385 nm) | 50 / 100 µm | 1.00 s | 0.26 / 0.31 s |
Also tested on Phrozen 8K Mighty / Mega S, Elegoo Saturn, Anycubic Photon Mono 4 and more. Wash up to 5 min (IPA or Cleaner 400); UV post-cure 2×30 min. Full parameters in the processing guide (download above).
Typical applications
Where a sacrificial, water-releasable mold pays off.
How you run it
Print → wash & cure → fill & release in water.
Print the mold
LCD / DLP / mSLA at 385 or 405 nm. Stir before use; store ≥21 °C, away from light.
Wash & UV-cure
Clean with Cubic Ink Cleaner 400 or IPA, then UV post-cure to reach full properties.
Fill & release
Cast or inject your target material, then dissolve the mold in water — significantly faster in 1% NaOH (or Mold Remover 100, 50–80 °C).
Mold 400 VP vs xMOLD — choose by workflow
Both are dissolvable tooling resins for Freeform Injection Molding. Verified differences at a glance.
| Cubic Ink Mold 400 VP | Nexa3D xMOLD | |
|---|---|---|
| Printer platforms | Open — XiP, Formlabs, Asiga, Prusa, Phrozen parameters available | Nexa3D XiP / LSPc only |
| Demolding | Water-breakable (fastest in 1% NaOH) | Demolding solvent |
| Tensile strength | 42 MPa | 38 MPa |
| Price per kg | $379 | $509 |
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
Prices are current Additive Plus catalog prices per kg. Running a XiP? Both resins work — see xMOLD here.
| Size | 1 kg, 5 kg |
| Brand | ALTANA Cubic Ink |
We formulate and qualify. Custom variants on request.
Need a tuned resin, a filled or castable formulation, or a profile for a printer we don't list yet? Our materials team qualifies custom formulations and prints test specimens before you commit. Typical lead 2–4 weeks.
Complete the workflow
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- ✔ Production 4K DLP at 405 nm — 65 µm XY resolution
- ✔ TruLayer separation runs large cross-sections and filled, viscous resins
- ✔ Open or closed 405 nm material configurations
- ✔ Lead time: configured to order — request a quote for delivery & installation
Desktop automated station that removes dissolvable support material from FDM and PolyJet 3D-printed parts in a heated, agitated water-detergent bath — no IPA, no hand-picking.
- ✓ Automated heated soluble-support removal (50–85 °C) for FDM & PolyJet
- ✓ 46 L tank · 10×10×12 in basket · quiet desktop footprint
- ✓ US-built · CE / cTÜVus · 1-year warranty · quote for pricing
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· Available to order — we confirm the lead time by email within one business day of your order.
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