Rapid manufacturing of vacuum forming components utilising reconfigurable screw pin tooling

Current market trends are moving from large quantity production towards small batch production and mass customization. This has led to the high demand for the flexibility and adaptability of manufacturing technology and systems. Several reconfigurable pin type tooling systems have been proposed and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Zhijian
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11403/