Title:
Rapid tooling : technologies and industrial applications
Publication Information:
New York : Marcel Dekker, 2000
ISBN:
9780824787882
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Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
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Searching... | 30000010065638 | TS171.4 R364 2000 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
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Summary
Summary
A discussion of the rapid tooling (RT) technologies under development and in use for the timely production of moulds and manufacturing tools. It describes applications within various leading companies and guides product and manufacturing process development groups on ways to reduce investments of money and time.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. iii |
| Contributors | p. ix |
| 1. Introduction | p. 1 |
| 2. Process Modeling | p. 15 |
| 3. Rapid Product Development | p. 27 |
| 4. Rapid Soft Tooling and Rapid Bridge Tooling | p. 51 |
| 5. Rapid Production Tooling | p. 95 |
| 6. Nickel Ceramic Composite Tooling from RPandM Models | p. 121 |
| 7. Nickel Vapor Deposition Technology | p. 145 |
| 8. The Express Tool Process | p. 161 |
| 9. An Automotive Perspective to Rapid Tooling | p. 185 |
| 10. Rapid Tooling in the Medical Device Industry | p. 221 |
| 11. The Role of Rapid Tooling in Investment-Casting Applications | p. 243 |
| 12. The Future of Rapid Manufacturing | p. 257 |
| Index | p. 265 |
