Autor(es): Sampaio, Álvaro M. ; Lima, André ; Silva, Cátia ; Miranda, Ana Catarina Martins ; Pontes, A. J.
Data: 2022
Identificador Persistente: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/91689
Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Assunto(s): Design rules; Additive manufacturing; Injection overmoulding; Hybrid method; Humanidades::Artes
AHFE International, vol. 34 "Additive manufacturing, modeling systems and 3D prototyping: proceedings of the 13th AHFE International Conference on Additive Manufacturing, Modeling Systems and 3D Prototyping, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-1-958651-10-0"
Injection moulding (IM) is a well-known and widely employed fabrication process, which allows the production of versatile and lightweight parts, with precise dimensional tolerance. Multi-material and multi-component products are achieved by means of process variations of the conventional IM. Although the resulting products present combined properties and functionalities, the available techniques require specific machinery and complex tooling design. This paper presents a new processing approach, based in a hybrid method, for the fabrication of multi-material products, with enhanced functionality, based in the combination of IM with additive manufacturing (AM) technologies by means of overmoulding process.
This work is supported by: European Structural and Investment Funds in the FEDER component, through the Operational Competitiveness and Internationalization Programme (COMPETE 2020) [Project n° 039334; Funding Reference: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039334]
