Problem formulation and basic elements for automated multi-piece mold design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 601-612

  Chen, Yong ^a   Rosen, David ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational geometry; Injection mold design; Parting direction; Rapid tooling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; THERMOPLASTICS; DESIGN; INJECTION MOLDING;

INJECTION MOLD DESIGN; PARTING DIRECTION; RAPID TOOLING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

INJECTION MOLDING; MOLDS;

BASIC ELEMENTS; CONVEX FACES; INJECTION MOLDED PART; PROBLEM FORMULATION; RAPID TOOLING; REGION BASED APPROACH; REGION-BASED; TURN-AROUNDS;

EID: 1342302584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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