... commonly available software assets. distributed design and manufacture product realization environment rapid prototyping rapid tooling robust concept exploration method Proceedings of DETC99/CIE 1999 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference September 12-15,1999, Las Vegas, Nevada DETC99...

... Abstract Rapid prototyping has made a substantial contribution to reducing product development time. Here we discuss rapid tooling, that is, rapid prototyping of production tools, especially injection molds. The rapidly prototyped tools are then used to produce final parts. As the market...

.... Harry Petersen, Associate Professor, Engineering Technology, Director of Rapid Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Prototyping and Production Center, Minnesota Minnesota State University, Mankato State University, Mankato Keywords: Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling, Design, CAD, CAM, Time Compression...

... and describe its usage in a distributed product realization environment, the Rapid Tooling TestBed. Keywords: Distributed design and manufacture, product realization environment, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling NOMENCLATURE PRE The Sandia Product Realization Environment P2 An experimental version...

.... Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0405 USA 404-894-9668 david.rosen@me.gatech.edu ABSTRACT Mold design can be a difficult, time-consuming process. Particularly for rapid tooling applications, delivering prototype parts with turn-around times of less...

... of DETC’03 ASME 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference Chicago, Illinois, USA, September 2-6, 2003 1 Copyright © 2003 by ASME uired to design and fabricate a mold once a part on has been created. Rapid tooling methods, the pid prototyping...