dc.contributor.author | Cormier, Denis | |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, James | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-07-24T16:53:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-07-24T16:53:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 17, no. 1-2, pp. 151-157, February 2001 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10275 | |
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dc.description.abstract | Rapid prototyping is widely seen as an effective tool for compressing time to market for new products. The typical process followed
by industrial and mechanical design groups is to model a new product in a CAD system, rapidly prototype the component parts, use
the parts as patterns for RTV silicone molds, and then cast polyurethane prototype parts from the molds. These prototype
components are an integral part of the simultaneous engineering process. With prototype components, engineers are able to design,
implement, test, and refine the assembly systems for a product while production tooling for the components is being made. In this
paper, we describe an experimental rapid prototyping process, known as solvent welding freeform fabrication (SWIFT), that is very
well suited to the production of short to medium run tooling. The advantage of the process is that it is very fast and inexpensive
relative to the traditional RTV silicone mold making process. The process also produces ABS or polystyrene molds which last
considerably longer than RTV silicone molds. Process development details are provided in the paper and its application to a power
tool component is described. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | vol. 17 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | no. 1-2 | en_US |
dc.subject | Rapid prototyping | en_US |
dc.subject | Soft tooling | en_US |
dc.subject | Solvent welding | en_US |
dc.title | A Process for solvent welded rapid prototype tooling | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0736-5845(00)00049-1 | |