Design and Implementation of Rapid Tooling for Injection Modling

由自然科学与工程研究理事会(NSERC)授予的应用研究与开发补助金(即第2级ARD)将支持卡莫森学院与位于不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华岛的当地塑料注塑制造商Scott Plattics Ltd.之间的应用研究伙伴关系。这一新的大学-工业合作伙伴关系将产生一种新的生产技术，使斯科特塑料公司能够使用快速模具提供小批量生产和原型注塑组件。快速模具使用立体平版印刷(SLA)快速原型(或3-D打印)来创建适合于具有成本效益的小批量(50-1000件)注塑零件的模具。然而，快速模具制造带来了一些挑战。与传统模具不同，快速成型模具是非金属的，呈现出非理想的热性能和机械性能。该项目旨在检查模具的热性能和机械性能，目的是开发在注塑成型中使用的程序。该项目的结果将使斯科特塑料公司能够吸引一个新的市场，到目前为止，这个市场只在该地区以外的地区提供服务，通常是在亚洲。

The Applied Research and Development Grant (i.e. Level 2 ARD), awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering research Council (NSERC) will support the applied research partnership between Camosun College and Scott Plastics Ltd., a local plastic injection-molding manufacturer located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This new College-Industry partnership will result in a new production technique that will allow Scott Plastics to provide small production-run and prototype injection-molded components using rapid tooling. Rapid tooling uses Stereolithography (SLA) rapid prototyping (or 3-D printing) to create molds suitable for cost effective small runs (50-1000 pieces) of injection molded parts. Rapid tooling however presents some challenges. Unlike traditional molds, rapid prototyped molds are non-metallic and present non-ideal thermal and mechanical properties. This project is designed to examine the thermal and mechanical properties of the molds with the goal of developing procedures for their use in injection molding. The results of the project will enable Scott Plastics to attract a new market, one that until now has only been served outside the region, usually in Asia.