A rapid mould-making system: Material properties and design considerations

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 4-15

  Barlow, Joel W ^a   Beaman, Joseph J ^a   Balasubramanian, Badrinarayan ^b  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering ^*

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INJECTION MOLDING; LASER APPLICATIONS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; BINDERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS TRANSITION; INFILTRATION; OXIDATION; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHRINKAGE; STEEL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMOPLASTICS;

INJECTION MOULD INSERTS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); CERAMIC CAVITY; EPOXY RESIN; RAPID MOLD (RM); THERMOPLASTIC BINDERS;

PLASTIC MOLDS; INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 0030367455     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552549610148169     Document Type: Article

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