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Quantifying part irregularities and subsequent morphology manipulation in stereolithography plastic injection moulding
journal contribution
posted on 2009-05-14, 11:35 authored by Russell A. Harris, Farid Fouchal, Richard J.M. Hague, Phill M. DickensThe direct use of moulds produced by stereolithography (SL) provides a rapid tooling technique
which allows low volume production by plastic injection moulding. The greatest advantage of the
process is that it provides parts that are the same as those that would be produced by metal
tooling in a fraction of the time and cost. However, work by the authors demonstrates that the
parts possess different characteristics to those produced by metal tooling. This knowledge defies
the greatest advantages of the SL injection moulding tooling process – the moulded parts do not
replicate parts that would be produced by metal tooling. This work specifically demonstrates that
a different rate of part shrinkage is experienced and subsequently investigates the mechanisms in
SL tooling that induce these different part properties. The work culminates in different approaches
to modifying the moulding process which allow the production of parts whose key morphological
characteristics are closer to those that have been produced from metal moulds
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Citation
HARRIS, R.A....et al., 2004. Quantifying part irregularities and subsequent morphology manipulation in stereolithography plastic injection moulding. Plastics, Rubber and Composites, 33(2-3), pp. 92-98.Publisher
© Maney PublishingVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2004Notes
This article has been published in the journal, Plastics, Rubber and Composites, [© Maney Publishing]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/146580104225020901ISSN
1743-2898;1465-8011Language
- en