Mass Production of Visualization Solids: The Molding of Highly Concave 3D Objects

该项目将开发计算和制造技术，使分子能够通过模塑工艺批量生产。这项研究将开发高性能的计算算法，以确定最优的零件方向和分型面位置，以实现最容易的生产。它将在实际的分子生产测试中改进算法中的参数。然而，这些复杂分子的成型超出了工程制造中的通常操作，因为这些分子是高度凹陷的。它们不适用于标准的进样和分离技术。模具材料可以进入并在一些非常深的地方硬化，因此将作为一个闩锁，防止模具外部分离。为了让它正确工作，我们需要开发一些半自动的算法和技巧。

This project will develop computational and manufacturing techniques that will allow molecules to be mass produced in moderate volumes by molding processes. This research will develop high performance computing algorithms to determine the optimal part orientation and parting surface location for the easiest production. It will refine the parameters in the algorithms on actual molecule production tests.The molding of these complex molecules, however, goes beyond what is typically undertaken in engineering manufacturing, because these molecules are highly concave. They do not lend themselves well to standard injection and separation techniques. Mold material can get into and harden in some very deep places, and will thus serve as a latch that keeps the outside of the mold from being separated. To make this work correctly, we need to develop some semiautomatic algorithms and tricks.