Rapid tooling

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World Class Design to Manufacture

ISSN: 1352-3074
This journal ceased publication in 1995

Online from: 1994

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Title:	Rapid tooling
Author(s):	Paul Jacobs, (Director of R&D at 3D Systems, Inc. He can be contacted at 3D Systems, Inc., 26081 Avenue Hall, Valencia, CA 91355, USA. Tel: 805 295 5600; Fax: 805 257 1200.)
Citation:	Paul Jacobs, (1995) "Rapid tooling", World Class Design to Manufacture, Vol. 2 Iss: 6, pp.42 - 50
Keywords:	CAD, Metal processing, Plastics, Prototyping, Rapid application development, Tool design, USA
Article type:	Research Paper
DOI:	10.1108/09642369310104282 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	Reviews the contribution to “rapid tooling” of QuickCast 1.0 and QuickCast 1.1. Explains the genesis and development of QuickCast 1.0, illustrating both its technical ability, and its capacity for saving time and money, and also outlining its industrial shortcomings. Gives a thorough elucidation to the more recently introduced QuickCast 1.1 at both theoretical and practical levels – its range of potential applications being documented through case studies – and presents it in terms of its capacity to solve those problems that its predecessor could not. Discusses in detail the characteristics of solutions to these problem areas and provides test results obtained at various foundries.