Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 1-2, Pages 35-40Publisher
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-005-2502-7
Keywords
hybrid manufacturing; rapid prototyping; tool design
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Prototype injection moulds for plastic parts must face two constraints: be designed and manufactured as quickly as possible and have a short lead time. Moreover, moulds have to evolve in the same way as the part does, to provide either a new functionality or a variant of this part. The current approach is based on a multi component tooling (hybrid rapid tooling) in order to more easily manufacture each component of the mould and to have a greater reactivity to each product evolution. In this paper, we propose a method to manufacture the mould in multi components. This approach is based on process capability criteria (i.e. topological and geometrical criteria). An industrial example is presented. We will focus on the choice between three processes mainly used in hybrid rapid tooling: high speed machining (HSM), electro discharging machining (EDM) and direct metal laser sintering (DMLS).
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