Abstract

Rapid Freezing Prototyping (RFP) with water is a novel solid freeform fabrication technique that can generate three-dimensional ice objects by depositing and rapidly freezing water layer by layer. The support where necessary is made of brine whose. freezing point is lower than. pure water. After building the part, the support can be removed by utilizing the melting temperature difference between brine and water. Preliminary experiments have shown that the ice patterns produced by this technique can be used for design visualization and silicone molding. This paper will present the concept and some experimental results of the RFP process as well as potential applications.

Meeting Name

9th Annual Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (1998: Aug. 11-13, Austin, TX)

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Comments

The authors gratefully acknowledge.the support of the National Science Foundation and the Multi-lifecycleEngineering Research Center at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Keywords and Phrases

Solid Freeform Fabrication; Rapid Prototyping; Rapid Tooling; Layered Manufacturing; Rapid Freezing Prototyping; Ice Patterns

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Publication Date

13 Aug 1998

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Manufacturing Commons

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