Manufacturing core-boxes for foundry with rapid tooling technology

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 155-156, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1118-1123

  Ferreira, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Foundry tools; Rapid prototyping; Rapid tooling; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

CASTING; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; STEEL FOUNDRY PRACTICE; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MANUFACTURE; RAPID PROTOTYPING; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CORE-BOXES; RAPID TOOLING TECHNOLOGY; SURFACE MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SCANNING TECHNIQUE;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FOUNDRIES;

3D-SCANNING; CAD/CAE; CASTING DESIGNS; CASTING PRODUCTION; GEOMETRIC MODELS; POINT CLOUD; RAPID TOOLING; RAPID TOOLING TECHNOLOGIES; REENGINEERING TOOLS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SURFACE MODELS;

EID: 10044221839     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2004.04.407     Document Type: Article

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