Novel Additive Manufacturing of Tooling with Micro and Nanostructured Surfaces
Sit L.W., Kumbhani M., Genera J.A., Shearer J., Mead J., Barry C., University of Massachusetts-Lowell, US
Tooling with micro and nanostructured surfaces is employed for high-rate fabrication of products using injection molding, hot embossing, and related processes. Current subtractive (machining, lithography) and additive (prototyping) methods for manufacturing tooling are expensive and [...]