Application of fused deposition modelling in spray metal tooling for injection moulding

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Title: Application of fused deposition modelling in spray metal tooling for injection moulding
Author(s): Bahri, M.; Harianton, Iwan; Masood, Syed H.
Abstract: This paper presents a modified spray metal tooling procedure based on FDM rapid prototyping process, where parting lines were defined in the design stage to simplify and accelerate the spray metal tooling. Core and cavity inserts for injection moulding of a gas turbine blade were created using the modified procedure and successfully injected using LDPE. The procedure significantly shortens and simplifies the tool fabrication process, particularly for complex shapes, when manual parting lines establishment is too complicated and time consuming.
Publication type: Conference paper
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Industrial Research Institute Swinburne
Source: Plastics: The Lone Star, 59th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers/ANTEC 2001, Dallas, Texas, USA, 6-10 May 2001, Vol. 3 (2001), pp. 3483-3487
Publication year: 2001
Publisher: Society of Plastics Engineers
Publisher URL: http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=298
Peer reviewed