天津工程师范学院2007届本科生毕业设计ANOVELINTEGRATEDSYSTEMFORRAPIDPRODUCTDEVELOPMENTThispaperpresentsanovelintegratedsystemofrapidproductdevelopmentforreducingthetimeandcostofproductdevelopment
Thesystemiscomposedoffourbuildingblocks—digitalprototype,virtualprototype,physicalprototypeandrapidtoolingmanufacturingsystem
Itcanaideffectivelyinproductdesign,analysis,prototype,mould,andmanufacturingprocessdevelopmentbyintegratingcloselythevariousadvancedmanufacturingtechnologieswhichinvolvethe3DCAD,CAE,reverseengineering,rapidprototypingandrapidtooling
Furthermore,twoactualexamplesareprovidedtoillustratetheapplicationofthisintegratedsystem
Theresultsindicatethatthesystemhasahighpotentialtoreducefurtherthecycleandcostofproductdevelopment
Keywords:Rapidproductdevelopment;rapidprototyping;integratedsystem
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