Patent ID: 7997886

Claim:
A system for making a plurality of polymeric resin molds, comprising: a platform having a top surface defining an array of pre-defined mold locations, each of the mold locations registering with a corresponding filling aperture extending from a bottom surface of said platform to said top surface; wherein each of the mold locations registers with and is accessed by at least one of the filling apertures; a rapid-prototyping apparatus configured and operable to create a plurality of polymeric resin shells on the top surface of the platform, each of the shells having a configuration in the form of a mold; a reinforcing material introduction apparatus configured and operable to introduce a reinforcing material into each of the shells through a corresponding one of the filling apertures while the shells are on the platform, thereby forming a plurality of uncured molds on the platform; and a curing apparatus configured and operable to cure the uncured molds.