Design limits of unbonded laminate tooling for pressure die-casting

This paper describes a new concept for the construction of prototype tooling specifically for pressure die-casting. The tools are made by clamping together laser-cut profiles in H13 tool steel sheet. The result of this endeavour has been the creation of a low cost, flexible, scalable and robust tool...

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Main Authors: Rupert C. Soar, Phill M. Dickens
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Laminate tooling
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified
Pressure die-casting
Rapid tooling
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Summary:This paper describes a new concept for the construction of prototype tooling specifically for pressure die-casting. The tools are made by clamping together laser-cut profiles in H13 tool steel sheet. The result of this endeavour has been the creation of a low cost, flexible, scalable and robust tooling system for design validation that allows multiple design iterations to be examined on the actual pressure die-casting equipment used in the production environment. Work to date has shown that relatively large up-standing features can withstand the forces of molten metal during injection.