Automated Desktop Manufacturing: Direct Metallic Rapid Tooling System

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren C. Luo ◽  
Cheng Lung Chang ◽  
Jyh Hwa Tzou ◽  
Zhong Hong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Tooling ◽  
Desktop Manufacturing ◽  
Tooling System

scholarly journals S131022 Study on Air Vent Structure in Injection Mold Manufactured by Rapid Tooling System

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (0) ◽  
pp. _S131022-1-_S131022-4
Author(s):  
Ayato KOIZUMI ◽  
Tatsuaki FURUMOTO ◽  
Mohd Rizal ALKAHARI ◽  
Akira HOSOKAWA ◽  
Takashi UEDA
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Tooling ◽  
Injection Mold ◽  
Tooling System ◽  
Air Vent

Rapid tooling system benefits boat builders

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 40-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Bessant
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Tooling ◽  
Tooling System

scholarly journals Applications of Additively Manufactured Tools in Abrasive Machining—A Literature Review

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1318
Author(s):  
Mariusz Deja ◽  
Dawid Zieliński ◽  
Aini Zuhra Abdul Kadir ◽  
Siti Nur Humaira
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Tooling ◽  
Rapid Manufacturing ◽  
Abrasive Machining ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Industrial Environment ◽  
Hard And Brittle Materials ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Abrasive Tools ◽  
Machine Parts ◽  
Further Development

High requirements imposed by the competitive industrial environment determine the development directions of applied manufacturing methods. 3D printing technology, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), currently being one of the most dynamically developing production methods, is increasingly used in many different areas of industry. Nowadays, apart from the possibility of making prototypes of future products, AM is also used to produce fully functional machine parts, which is known as Rapid Manufacturing and also Rapid Tooling. Rapid Manufacturing refers to the ability of the software automation to rapidly accelerate the manufacturing process, while Rapid Tooling means that a tool is involved in order to accelerate the process. Abrasive processes are widely used in many industries, especially for machining hard and brittle materials such as advanced ceramics. This paper presents a review on advances and trends in contemporary abrasive machining related to the application of innovative 3D printed abrasive tools. Examples of abrasive tools made with the use of currently leading AM methods and their impact on the obtained machining results were indicated. The analyzed research works indicate the great potential and usefulness of the new constructions of the abrasive tools made by incremental technologies. Furthermore, the potential and limitations of currently used 3D printed abrasive tools, as well as the directions of their further development are indicated.

scholarly journals Investigations for machinability of primary recycled thermoplastics with secondary recycled rapid tooling

Sadhana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
PIYUSH BEDI ◽  
RUPINDER SINGH ◽  
I P S AHUJA
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Tooling

Experimental Study of a Full Forward Extrusion Process from Metal Strip

2012 ◽  
Vol 504-506 ◽  
pp. 587-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Merklein ◽  
Tommaso Stellin ◽  
Ulf Engel
Keyword(s):  
Extrusion Process ◽  
Metal Strip ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Process Chain ◽  
Forward Extrusion ◽  
Bulk Forming ◽  
Material Conditions ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Tooling System

A high rate of production of complex microparts is increasingly required by fields like electronics and micromechanics. Handling is one of the main problems, limiting those forming processes of small metal components consisting of multiple forming stages. A forming chain in which a metal strip acts both as raw material and support of the workpiece through the different stages of the process, is seen as a solution that radically simplifies the positioning of microparts. Each workpiece stays connected to the strip through all the forming steps, being separated just at the end of the process chain. In this work, a tooling system for the bulk forming from copper strips has been set up and employed in a full forward extrusion process of a micro-billet. The same die, with a diameter of 1 mm, has been used with three different strip thicknesses (1, 2 and 3 mm) and three different material conditions. The use of thinner and hard-as-rolled strips has resulted in achieving a higher ratio of the billet length to strip thickness.

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