<Emphasis Type="Italic">Rapid Moulding Using Epoxy Tooling Resin</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | HS Ong CK Chua CM Cheah |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, SG;(2) Motorola Innovation Centre, Ang Mo Kio St, Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 3, Singapore, SG |
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Abstract: | Rapid prototyping (RP) is fast becoming a standard tool in today’s product design and manufacturing environment. Significant
benefits in terms of lead time and cost savings have been reported with the use of RP technology. However, these benefits
can be derived only during the design and planning stages of a new product where RP parts are produced in small quantities
for design evaluation, form fitting, and marketing analysis. The high cost of raw material stock used in current RP systems
makes them economically unsuitable even for small-batch production during the product evaluation and manufacturing stages.
Further to this, the difference between the mechanical and physical properties of RP and traditional manufacturing materials
limits the functionality of RP end products. Rapid tooling (RT) technology has opened up new cost-effective solutions for
small-batch production. In this paper, a technique using a rapid soft-tooling approach, namely, aluminium filled epoxy resin
tooling for injection mould preparation is successfully explored. An aluminium filled epoxy resin mould is evaluated and the
characteristics of the injection-moulded end products are presented. |
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Keywords: | : Injection moulding Product design Rapid prototyping Rapid tooling Soft tooling |
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