Production of injection molding tooling with conformal cooling channels using the Three Dimensional Printing process

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1232-1247

  Sachs, Emanuel ^a   Wylonis, Edward ^a   Allen, Samuel ^a   Cima, Michael ^a   Guo, Honglin ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FABRICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLDS; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE;

COOLING CHANNELS; INJECTION MOLDING TOOLING; INK JET PRINTING; MOLDING CAVITY; SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION PROCESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 0033738335     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11251     Document Type: Article

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