Costs and performance of injection moulding tools produced using slip casting
Abstract
This paper presents results from the testing and benchmarking of a slip cast 316 stainless steel injection moulding tool. A brief out line of the slip casting process and the test cavity geometry is given as well as a discussion of some of the commercial alternative methods of forming injection moulding cavities. The calculations for the slip cast test cavity cost and lead time are given and comparisons between slip casting tool formation and alternative methods are made. The paper concludes that the slip casting method has potential in replacing some of the other tooling methods.
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Citation
Ainsley, C. and Gong, H. (1999), "Costs and performance of injection moulding tools produced using slip casting", Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552549910251864
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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