Re: Mechanial properties of direct AIM mouldings

From: Brad Johnson (bgj1@psu.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 16 1998 - 22:05:51 EET


1997 SPE ANTEC in Toronto:

"Temperature Distribution in Rapid Tooling Cavities - How Close are
Injection Molded Parts to Series Parts"
Marion Langen & Walter Michaeli
Aachen, Germany

Temperature distribution and crystallinity were shown to be significantly
different in the steel and SLA molds.

At 01:32 PM 11/16/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I am looking for work regarding the mechanical properties of parts made
>by direct AIM. I had thought there was a lot of this about but I can't
>seem to find much other than a brief bit in the 1994 European SLA Users
>Group Meeting.
>Does the slower cooling lead to higher crystallinity and hence higher
>stifness etc?
>Has anyone out there moulded dog bones etc. and got some results to
>compare with parts moulded using metal tools?
>
>Many Thanks
>
>Neil Hopkinson
>De Montfort University
>UK
>
>
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>
>

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