Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of cavity filling in powder injection rapid prototyping process

• Main Author: Lin, Bilon.
• Other Authors: Gong, Thomas Haiqing
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Prototyping
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6042
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cavity filling of a powder-binder mixture is a crucial stage in a newly proposed powder injection rapid prototyping (PIRP) and powder injection molding (PIM) processes, in which a metallic or ceramic powder-binder mixture is heated and injected into a mold cavity to create a solid layer of a green p...