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Rapid Tooling Guidelines For Sand Casting

  • Provides guidelines in selecting the right rapid tooling processes as the sand casting industry is facing more pressure to shorten the lead time and improve the dimensional quality
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  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Mechanical Engineering Series (MES)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Sand Casting Processes

    • Wanlong Wang, Henry W. Stoll, James G. Conley
    Pages 1-10
  3. Tool Design and Construction for Sand Casting

    • Wanlong Wang, Henry W. Stoll, James G. Conley
    Pages 11-36
  4. Fast Freeform Fabrication Methods and Processes

    • Wanlong Wang, Henry W. Stoll, James G. Conley
    Pages 37-51
  5. Rapid Tooling Processes

    • Wanlong Wang, Henry W. Stoll, James G. Conley
    Pages 53-68
  6. Sand Casting Dimensional Control

    • Wanlong Wang, Henry W. Stoll, James G. Conley
    Pages 69-98
  7. Evaluating Tooling Alternatives

    • Wanlong Wang, Henry W. Stoll, James G. Conley
    Pages 99-116
  8. Tooling Alternative Selection Case Studies

    • Wanlong Wang, Henry W. Stoll, James G. Conley
    Pages 117-141
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 143-164

About this book

Rapid Tooling Guidelines for Sand Casting describes the guidelines for the sand casting industry in using rapid tooling processes. Topics in the seven chapters include sand casting processes, tool design and construction, fast freeform fabrication processes, rapid tooling processes, sand casting dimension control, rapid tooling evaluation methods and decision making processes. Twelve case studies will also be examined in the book.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wang Consulting International, Burlingame, U.S.A.

    Wanlong Wang

  • Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, U.S.A.

    Henry W. Stoll

  • Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, U.S.A.

    James G. Conley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rapid Tooling Guidelines For Sand Casting

  • Authors: Wanlong Wang, Henry W. Stoll, James G. Conley

  • Series Title: Mechanical Engineering Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5731-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-5730-6Published: 01 February 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2558-8Published: 03 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-5731-3Published: 14 January 2010

  • Series ISSN: 0941-5122

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-063X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 164

  • Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes, Control and Systems Theory, Solid Mechanics

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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