A cost-effective approach for rapid manufacturing wax injection molds with complex geometrical shapes of cooling channels
| Autor: | Wei-Cong Xu, Wei-Hua Chen, Chil-Chyuan Kuo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0209 industrial biotechnology
Rapid manufacturing Engineering drawing Wax Materials science Mechanical Engineering Production cost Time to market Mechanical engineering 02 engineering and technology Epoxy 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology medicine.disease_cause Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Computer Science Applications 020901 industrial engineering & automation Thermal conductivity Machining Control and Systems Engineering visual_art Mold visual_art.visual_art_medium medicine 0210 nano-technology Software |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 91:1689-1695 |
| ISSN: | 1433-3015 0268-3768 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00170-016-9886-4 |
| Popis: | Rapid tooling techniques can reduce the time to market compared to conventional machining approaches. The aluminum-filled epoxy resin mold is a promising choice for short production runs because it can be a useful alternative of conventional steel mold and employed in wax injection mold or plastic injection mold. However, the cycle time is significantly longer because of the poorer thermal conductivity of the material compared to conventional mold steels. In this study, a new technique to produce wax injection molds with complex geometrical shapes of cooling channels was presented. The main advantages of this technique include low production cost, simple manufacturing processes, and short processing time. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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