Designing vent holes for thermoforming tooling produced via fused deposition modeling
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DOI: 10.1177/09544089231173294
Abstract: Vent holes in thermoforming tooling are traditionally round and run perpendicular to the tool surface, as this is easy to produce via drilling and minimizes surface imperfections. This geometry should be reevaluated when producing tooling… read more here.
Keywords: vent holes; via fused; geometry; fused deposition ... See more keywords