Design and Manufacture of a Wax Injection Tool for Investment Casting Using Rapid Tooling

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 108-115

  Rahmati, Sadegh ^a   Rezaei, Mohamad Reza ^a   Akbari, Javad ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

investment casting; rapid prototyping; rapid tooling; simulation; stereolithography; wax injection moulding

Indexed keywords

CAE SIMULATION; INJECTION MOULDING; INJECTION PRESSURES; MASS PRODUCTION; MELTING TEMPERATURES; PRESSURE STRESS; PRODUCTION METHODS; RAPID TOOLING; RAPID TOOLING TECHNOLOGIES; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WAX MODELS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; INJECTION MOLDING; INVESTMENT CASTING; INVESTMENTS; JOB ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; MELTING POINT; PRECISION CASTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 67650716278     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(09)70076-8     Document Type: Article

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