The rapid tooling testbed: a distributed design‐for‐manufacturing system

Emerald - 2003
David W.Rosen1, YongChen2, ShivaSambu3, Janet K.Allen4, FarrokhMistree5
1Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2Software Engineer at 3D Systems, Valencia, California, USA
3Manufacturing Engineer at Align Technology, Santa Clara, California, USA
4Senior Research Scientist, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
5Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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A new design‐for‐manufacturing method, called the geometric tailoring (GT), and the associated digital interface concept have been developed that enable the design activities to be separated from the manufacturing activities. Conditions for the successful application of this method are investigated. The GT method is demonstrated for rapid prototyping and rapid tooling technologies, where prototype parts are required to match the production properties as closely as possible. This method is embodied in a system called the rapid tooling testbed (RTTB). Research work is presented on GT and the distributed computing environment underlying the RTTB. Examples are summarized from the usage of this method and testbed.

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