Franck,
Here at the RPMI (Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Institute) at
Georgia Tech we have been creating ACES injection molds for about a year.
Depending upon the part geometry and the material we can get anywhere from
10 to 150+ shots. We have also looked into cast epoxy tooling which
allows us to create molds whcih have the capability to shoot large numbers
of shots for high processing temperature materials such as polycarbonate.
A much abridged copy of a paper written by meyself and a lab-mate on the
use of cast resin tooling can be found at my website:
http://rpmi.marc.gatech.edu/people/bvanhiel/brian_tooling.html
Brian David VanHiel
340193 Georgia Tech Station
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
e-mail: gt0193a@prism.gatech.edu
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Franck Lacan wrote:
>
> Hi RPers,
>
> Did anyone try what 3D-Systems call "Bridge tooling" and "Direct ACES
> injection molding"? [making directly thermoplastic injection tool using
> photocurable resin]
> Was it successful?
>
> Do you know where I can find some papers related to this subject?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
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> Franck LACAN , PhD student
> University of Wales Cardiff,UK
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