GB
-Core: Is the surface you are sculpting on
-Flashing: Touch downs, excess material attatched to the moulded material.
-Key: Cutting edge, cuts off the flow of excess material for the edges of the prosthetic.
Bleed holes/ risers: small hole drilled into the material.
-Seam Line: Dividing line on a model indicating the different parts of the mould when used with multi-piece moulds.
-Location points: locking points which align and hold different parts of the mould in position.
TERMS MOULDMAKING & PROSTHETICS
-Latex: derived from natural extracted rubber, used as both a moulding and casting material.
-Modelling Tool: Wooden implement in spatula formm whose ends are either, round, flat, angled, pointed or, curved.
-Plasticine: A special oil-based modelling material which does not dry out or stick.
-Release agent or separator: Product applied to a model before moulding, or to the inside of a mould to prevent a casting material from sticking facilitates mould removal.
-Waste Mould: A mould which has to be broken off to remove the model, or original, and which can only be used once.