Rapid Printed Tooling for High-rate Production of Microstructured Surfaces
Method for production of tooling for microstructure surfaces
Authors: Shearer J.
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 [...]