Using abrasive flow machining to seal and finish conformal channels in laminated tooling

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 64-75

  Williams, Robert E ^a   Walczyk, Daniel F ^b   Dang, Hoang T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laminates; Rapid prototypes; Sealing materials; Sealing processes

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS; LAMINATES; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SEALANTS; SEALING (CLOSING); TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ABRASIVE FLOW MACHINING (AFM); PROFILED EDGE LAMINAE (PEL); RAPID TOOLING (RT); SEALING PROCESSES;

ABRASIVES;

EID: 34047160087     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540710736740     Document Type: Article

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