Vacuum casting with room temperature vulcanising rubber and aluminium moulds for rapid manufacturing of quality parts: A comparative study

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-115

  Ramos, A M ^a   Relvas, C ^a   Simoes J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Casting; Costs; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CASTING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RUBBER; THERMAL EFFECTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VULCANIZATION;

ALUMINUM MOULDS; RAPID MANUFACTURING; ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANISING; VACUUM CASTING;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0037258647     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540310467121     Document Type: Article

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