Towards the integration of additively manufactured photopolymer dies in the polymer profile extrusion process chain

A. Turazza*, A. Davoudinejad, M. Calaon, D. B. Pedersen, G. Tosello

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    Abstract

    In the context of Industry 4.0, the integration of digital technologies in manufacturing process chains is in progress in several industrial sectors. In this study, additive manufactured polymer extrusion dies were fabricated by continuous liquid interface production and tested in an extrusion production line. The possibility to integrate direct soft tooling manufacturing along with a digital twin environment in the process chain was conceived with great potential time and production cost reductions compared to the conventional process. The dies successfully withstood the demanding process conditions, yielding up to 1000 m of products with process conditions comparable to the conventional process.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalProcedia CIRP
    Volume93
    Pages (from-to)3-8
    ISSN2212-8271
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020
    Event53rd CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems (CMS 2020) - Virtual event - Northwestern University, Chicago, United States
    Duration: 1 Jul 20203 Jul 2020

    Conference

    Conference53rd CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems (CMS 2020)
    LocationVirtual event - Northwestern University
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityChicago
    Period01/07/202003/07/2020

    Keywords

    • Additive manufacturing
    • Digital technologies
    • Extrusion process simulations
    • Profile polymer extrusion

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