Title :
Manufacturing of metallic prototypes and tools by laser cutting and diffusion bonding
Author :
Sändig, S. ; Wiesner, P.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Mech. Eng., Tech. Univ. Ilmenau, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a new rapid metal prototyping technology. The direct production of metallic structures is accomplished by laser cutting of metal sheet and subsequently forming a component by diffusion-welding the sheets. The combination of this two flexible manufacturing techniques with a special computer-aided design process offers excellent means of producing fully functional metallic parts as well as tooling inserts from sheet metal in a short time
Keywords :
CAD; laser beam machining; rapid prototyping (industrial); welding; computer-aided design process; diffusion bonding; diffusion-welding; flexible manufacturing techniques; laser cutting; metallic prototype manufacture; metallic tool manufacture; Computer aided manufacturing; Diffusion bonding; Flexible manufacturing systems; Laser beam cutting; Manufacturing processes; Powders; Production; Prototypes; Pulp manufacturing; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Processing and Manufacturing of Materials, 1999. IPMM '99. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5489-3
DOI :
10.1109/IPMM.1999.792483
