Rapid tooling for casting prototypes

Abstract

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Comparative Study of 3D Printing Technologies for Rapid Casting of Aluminium Alloy

“…Similarly patterns, cores, and moulds for metal castings can be manufactured through rapid casting (RC) techniques [12][13][14]. Hence enormous viable advantages can be achieved by avoiding highly tedious tooling phase.…”

“…Keeping in mind the vast applications of aluminium alloys in automobile sector, an aluminium alloy casting was chosen as a benchmark, where the application of Rapid casting (RC) technologies is particularly germane [13,19]. The experiment started with the CAD modeling of the benchmark in AutoDesk INVENTOR software with total material volume of 9668.36 mm 3 , surface area of 5729.02 mm 2 , and box dimensions of 50 × 50 × 17 8 mm 3 .…”

The role and impact of 3D printing technologies in casting

“…2. (a) SLS made polyamide-based models of heat exchanger for a Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engine [13] (b) Resin shell + slurry filling for wax making die [26] (c) Patterns fabricated by direct and indirect RT routes for sand and investment casting [23] : R-resin, W-wax, PU-polyurethane, RTV-a rubber, S-solid, VCvacuum casting, WIM-wax injection moulding (d) Assembled core and mould fabricated by 3DP [35] 2.1 Rapid tooling-3D printing of prototype, pattern, core box and wax injection mould A number of direct routes using 3D printing methods such as FDM, LOM, SLA, SLS, etc., as well as indirect routes (3D printing methods coupled with secondary or soft-tooling processes like vacuum casting), are available for rapid fabrication of a prototype, pattern, core box, etc. for the first step in the casting process [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] . This is also called rapid tooling (RT).…”

Effect of process parameters on micro hardness of Al–Al2O3 composite prepared using an alternative reinforced pattern in fused deposition modelling assisted investment casting

“…Among casting routes, fabrication of AMCs with investment casting (IC) process is beneficial due to its various benefits [19,20]. Further modification in conventional IC process can be made through the assistance of additive manufacturing (AM) techniques which will help to shorten the long lead time and high tooling cost associated with the fabrication of metal moulds for producing IC wax patterns [21][22][23][24][25].…”