Rapid tooling applications of the selective laser sintering process

被引：32

作者：

Dimov, SS ^{[1
]}

Pham, DT ^{[1
]}

Lacan, F ^{[1
]}

Dotchev, KD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wales Coll Cardiff, Mfg Engn Ctr, Cardiff, S Glam, Wales

来源：

ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION | 2001年 / 21卷 / 04期

关键词：

lasers; rapid prototyping; rapid tooling;

D O I：

10.1108/EUM0000000006011

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

The selective laser sintering (SLS) process is one of the leading rapid prototyping techniques. This paper presents two rapid tooling (RT) methods based on the SLS process. The first method employs the SLS process to build tooling inserts in copper polyamide that can be used for fabrication of a limited number of pre-production parts in the same material and manufacturing process as the final production parts. The second method, the RapidTool (TM) process, is a RT solution for manufacture of preproduction and production tools for injection moulding and die-casting. The paper also discusses the applications and limitations of these RT methods.

引用

页码：296 / 302

页数：7