Low volume plastics manufacturing strategies

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1225-1233

  Karania, Ruchi ^a   Kazmer, David ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection molding; Low volume production; Plastic part design; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INJECTION MOLDING; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PLASTICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

PARETO OPTIMAL SET; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTION QUANTITY;

PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 38849108703     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2790978     Document Type: Article

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