Electroless Metallic Coating on Plastic Parts Produced by Rapid Prototyping Technique

This paper provides a design technique of support for being applied in fast fabrication on plastic prototype, the plastic part developed through the computer aided design (CAD) can be rapidly fabricated by a CNC machining center without needs of any specific jigs or fixtures, the function provided is similar to a rapid prototyping (RP) machine used for fabricating the sampling part. By the testing result, the provided design technique of support can not only be applied in the part required for a dual-surface (or multiple-surface) processing, but also applicable for fabricating the part having thin housing. As such, this paper provides another economical and efficient option besides the RP.

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A Theoretical and Experimental Research on the Influence of FDM Parameters on Tensile Strength and Hardness of Parts Made of Polylactic Acid

Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research ◽

10.48084/etasr.4311 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 7458-7463

Author(s):

D. G. Zisopol ◽

I. Nae ◽

A. I. Portoaca ◽

I. Ramadan

Keyword(s):

Tensile Strength ◽

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Polylactic Acid ◽

Experimental Research ◽

Fused Deposition Modeling ◽

Plastic Material ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

Deposition Modeling ◽

Plastic Parts

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a rapid prototyping method, widely used in the manufacture of plastic parts with complex geometric shapes. The quality of the parts manufactured by this process depends on the plastic material used and the FDM parameters. In this context, this paper will present the results of a theoretical and experimental research on how FDM parameters influence the tensile strength and hardness of samples made of PLA (Polylactic Acid).

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A COMPARISON OF THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF PLASTIC PARTS PRODUCED BY A FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING DEVICE

Acta Polytechnica ◽

10.14311/ap.2015.55.0359 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 55 (6) ◽

pp. 359 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Juraj Beniak ◽

Peter Križan ◽

Miloš Matúš

Keyword(s):

Tensile Strength ◽

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Fused Deposition Modeling ◽

Tool Path ◽

Final Part ◽

Design Models ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

Horizontal Orientation ◽

Deposition Modeling ◽

Plastic Parts

Rapid Prototyping systems are nowadays increasingly used in many areas of industry, not only for producing design models but also for producing parts for final use. We need to know the properties of these parts. When we talk about the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technique and FDM devices, there are many possible settings for devices and models which could influence the properties of a final part. In addition, devices based on the same principle may use different operational software for calculating the tool path, and this may have a major impact. The aim of this paper is to show the tensile strength value for parts produced from different materials on the Fused Deposition Modeling device when the horizontal orientation of the specimens is changed.

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Comparative Studies of Materials for Use in the Rapid Prototyping of Plastic Parts

International Polymer Science and Technology ◽

10.1177/0307174x0503201009 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 32 (10) ◽

pp. 44-47

Author(s):

M. M. Revyako ◽

N. D. Gorshcharik ◽

S. A. Verkhunov ◽

N. A. Poklyak

Keyword(s):

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Comparative Studies ◽

Plastic Parts

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Study on Rapid Manufacturing of CAFÉ Injection Mold

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.189-193.777 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 189-193 ◽

pp. 777-780

Author(s):

Yan Fang Yue ◽

Yong Di Zhang ◽

Guang Yang ◽

Jin Ye Wang ◽

Bin Wei

Keyword(s):

Injection Molding ◽

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Cell Phone ◽

Rapid Manufacturing ◽

Injection Mold ◽

Molding Machine ◽

Mold Making ◽

A Cell ◽

Plastic Parts ◽

Polypropylene Sample

Rapid tooling developed from the rapid prototyping technology is a new method and technology of mold making, and this paper mainly studies the composite aluminum-filled epoxy (CAFÉ) mold，which is one of the rapid bridge toolings, applied to thermoforming of the plastic parts. The material formula of the CAFÉ mold with E51 as matrix is developed, and using the formula we have made the CAFÉ mold for the back shell of a cell phone charger, which is installed at the injection molding machine to do the test and finally successfully obtain the polypropylene sample. In addition, the process of making the CAFÉ mold is described in detail in the paper.

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