Development of a Novel Robotically Effected Plastic Foam Sculpting System for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing

This thesis presents the development of a novel robotically effected plastic foam sculpting system for rapid prototyping and manufacturing purposes. The developed system is capable of rapidly sculpting physical objects out of expanded and extruded polystyrene using an electrically heated Nichrome...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Posthuma, Anton James
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering 2008
Subjects:
DDM
RP
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1209