Kunststoffprototypen mit Fräsgenauigkeit – pcpro®

Abstract

Fraunhofer IWS developed a new procedure and a novel system concept, called pcpro® for the quick manufacturing of plastics prototypes. This new procedure is very suitable for housing parts with high surface qualities at the outside and narrow tolerances or threads at the inside. The patented procedure combines the milling process with the casting of 2 k –plastics. A tool half of the component, to be manufactured, is milled in a blank block and subsequently filled with plastics. Since the plastics cannot whirl and it is thus able to shrink freely, no air enclosures emerge. After the hardening of the casting material the inner contour is milled. Here we could achieve a very high precision. Apart from the very high quality of the component the time- and cost reduction advantageously argue for this new procedure. You will find a prototype of this system on the trade exhibition RapidTech 2005 at our booth Fraunhofer IWS.