Design and manufacture of injection mould tool inserts produced using indirect SLS and machining processes

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 429-440

  Ilyas, Ismet ^a   Taylor, Chris ^b   Dalgarno, Kenny ^c   Gosden, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FlowHow ApS ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Manufacturing systems; Prototypes; Sintering; Tools

Indexed keywords

COOLING CHANNELS; CUT-OUT; CYCLE TIME; DESIGN RULES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINING; ENERGY USAGE; ENERGY USE; HIGH SPEED MACHINING; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL TRIAL; INJECTION MOLDS; INJECTION MOULD; INJECTION MOULDING; INTERNAL GEOMETRY; MACHINING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; NEW APPLICATIONS; NEW RESULTS; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; PROTOTYPES; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SURFACE FINISHES;

COOLING; DESIGN; DURABILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LASER HEATING; MACHINING; MACHINING CENTERS; MANUFACTURE; MOLDS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; SINTERING; WEAR RESISTANCE;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 78049508194     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541011083353     Document Type: Article

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