Development of New Composite Materials for Rapid Tooling Using Fused Deposition Modelling

Abstract:

The impact of Rapid Prototyping (RP) on the future engineering and manufacturing will undoubtedly be widespread .It has variety of applications which include the manufacture of prototypes know as rapid prototyping, tool cores and cavities know as rapid tooling and in the manufacture of patterns for a range of casting processes known as rapid casting. In the proposed research work, fused deposition modeling (FDM) technique of RP will be used for development of a tool for direct application using Rapid tooling. The research work includes development of new hybrid feedstock filament of Fe – Nylon6 composite material for the FDM machine which will be suitable for the machine in its existing setup. The feedstock filament will have the desired mechanical thermal and rheological properties as desired for Rapid Tooling applications. The proposed feedstock material will be ferromagnetic in nature and can find wide application in industrial applications.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 808)
• Pages: 103-108
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.808.103
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Harish Kumar Garg, Rupinder Singh*
• Keywords: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, Feedstock Filament, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Rapid Tooling

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