Why Piece Costs Can Vary by Physical Mold or Size
Prisflux stores wax weight on the Physical Mold, so different sizes can produce different estimated metal weights and production costs.
Wax weight belongs to the Physical Mold
A Mold Set represents the logical mold family. Each Physical Mold represents an actual mold for a size or other physical variation.
The current wax weight is stored on the Physical Mold, not on the Mold Set.
Different sizes can have different weights
If two Physical Molds have different wax weights, the estimated cast-metal weight will differ even when the Piece and metal are otherwise the same.
That affects the metal-cost portion of production cost.
Piece + Physical Mold matters
Prisflux can calculate cost in the context of a specific Piece and Physical Mold.
This is why a ring in US 5 may not have the same production cost as the same Piece in US 10.
What to check
When a size-specific cost looks wrong:
- confirm the selected Physical Mold;
- confirm its size;
- confirm current wax weight;
- confirm the casting-factor and metal-price provenance shown by Prisflux;
- confirm the current caster when that context is relevant to the workflow.