Rapid tooling for functional prototyping of metal mold processes: Literature review on cast tooling
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
This report is a literature review on cast tooling with the general focus on AISI H13 tool steel. The review includes processing of both wrought and cast H13 steel along with the accompanying microstructures. Also included is the incorporation of new rapid prototyping technologies, such as Stereolithography and Selective Laser Sintering, into the investment casting of tool steel. The limiting property of using wrought or cast tool steel for die casting is heat checking. Heat checking is addressed in terms of testing procedures, theories regarding the mechanism, and microstructural aspects related to the cracking.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 137429
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--95-2478; ON: DE96004056
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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