Re: searching for help

From: Helmut Naber (naber@ait.ac.th)
Date: Mon Oct 19 1998 - 13:22:51 EEST


Jay,
Can you give me any refernce to what Ford and others found out?
Helmut Naber
AIT, Bangkok

Jay Jacobs wrote:
>
> Clara,
>
> I think there is a project waiting on the simple application of Rapid
> Prototyping as a visualization tool for molders/ mold makers. Visualization
> models are cheap now with the introduction of machines like 3D Systems
> Actua. Ford and others have done studies showing that quotes are 10-15%
> less when a rapid prototype is sent along with the RFQ. And when an order
> has been taken for the tool, make a Rapid Prototype for the tool designer.
> A 3D model will result in both instances in a faster understanding of the
> part geometry and will result in less errors being made in the tool
> construction. Translation: dollar savings in the RFQ stage, and time and
> dollar savings in the actual mold building.
>
> Yet few molders/ mold makers do this as a standard part of the business
> process. A great project would be to document the savings and write an
> article for a plastic's magazine!
>
> Jay Jacobs
> Brookfield Rapid Solutions
> (603) 577-9970
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: clara colomer <claracolomer@hotmail.com>
> To: rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi <rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi>
> Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 2:08 PM
> Subject: searching for help
>
> > I'm a student of Engineering in the final year.
> >I've decided that my honours project, is going to be about, the business
> >benefits of implementing rapid prototyping in an Injection moulding
> >company. The actual name of the project will be "Business benefits of
> >conformal cooling".
> >I would be really pleased if anyone that have experiance or information
> >about this could help me.
> >Hope to learn of your experience.
> >
> >I would like to take this opportunity to thank you.
> >
> > yours faithfully
> > Clara Colomer
> > Claracolomer@hotmail.com
> >
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