Direct tool steel injection mould inserts through the Arcam EBM free-form fabrication process

Assembly Automation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 300-305

  Gibbons, Gregory J ^a   Hansell, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design for assembly; Production equipment; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COOLING; DIE CASTING INSERTS; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; INJECTION MOLDING; STEEL;

DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; FLOOD COOLED INSERTS; INJECTION MOULD INSERTS;

LAYERED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 27244451541     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150510626433     Document Type: Article

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