Thanx to all who replied to my queries about RP EDM electrodes. Many of
the suggestions were to use metal spraying on the epoxy/ABS part. I am
now exporing this possibility. Before I start physical trials, I need a
ball park figure for the coating thickness for the electrode to
withstand spark erosion. One try already ended in failure, when the coat
eroded off before the cavity was completed!
Regards,
Peter Martin
Anna University-FRG Center for CAD/CAM
Chennai, India
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>Try Epoxy/Spray metal tooling. Let me know if u require any help
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>On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Peter Martin wrote:
>
>> dear rp-ml'rs,
>> season's greetings and happy new year to everybody. i'm an
>> engineering student in india and i have a small problem regarding
Rapid
>> Tolling.
>> i have been asked to standardize a
>> method to produce press tools using RP/RT techniques. so far, the
tools
>> were produce by generative machining of a graphite electrode, which
was
>> then utilized for EDM machining of the punch and die set.
>> i'm trying to further reduce the lead time by using RP/RT. a
Stratasys
>> FDM 2000 is available to me. what would be the best method of
tolling?
>> the considerations are tool-life of the electrode,the surface quality
of
>> the part and obviously the accuracy of the final part.
>> Can anyone suggest any solutions? cost-effective ones would be
lovely!
>> we are on a most miserly, Scrooge-like budget.
>>
>> Peter Martin
>> Anna University, Chennai
>> South India
>> AU-FRG Center For Cad/Cam
>>
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