Rapid Tooling: Technologies and Industrial Applications by Peter Hilton

By Peter Hilton

A dialogue of the swift tooling (RT) applied sciences below improvement and in use for the well timed construction of moulds and production instruments. It describes purposes inside numerous major businesses and publications product and production technique improvement teams on how one can lessen investments of time and cash.

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Also, if there are any additional product design changes, tooling rework can be expensive and will push the delivery date out even further! Carefully inspecting the RP&M model, one of the toolmakers notices a small undercut which would require a slide action. This will further increase the cost of the prototype tooling and extend its delivery. He inquires if the design could be changed to eliminate the undercut? Donna says that she will look into a design modification, will develop a new CAD file, and also have a second RP&M model made.

The budget is approved, but 20% lower than John’s best estimate. The result is about 1 week lost when John has to go back for additional funding increments. This is classic. Somehow, the financial side rarely trusts Engineering, Product Development, or Production to prepare an accurate budget. This is like a shortstop who will not throw to the second baseman because he does not think he can pivot properly. This team will not make very many double plays and will lose some games it should have won.

As he suspected, the combination of 35% glass-filled polycarbonate and a 10% greater section thickness has reduced the maximum deflections below the product specification limits, with a nice margin of safety. He takes the results to John’s office just as the senior engineer returns from Central Tool & Die. John studies the M-FEA results for a few minutes, congratulates Andrew on a job well done, and agrees that 35% glass loading is probably close to optimum. Four days after the meeting with Phil at Central Tool & Die, Richard receives a formal quote for the tooling rework: $16,240 and 6 weeks.

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