• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.330-335
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• 2000

Functional metal prototypes are often required in numerous industrial applications. These components are typically needed in the early stage of a project to determine form, fit and function. Recent R/P(Rapid Prototyping) part are made of soft materials such as plastics, wax, paper, these master models cannot be employed durable test in real harsh working environment. Parts by direct metal rapid tooling method, such as laser sintering, by now are hard to get net shape, pores of the green parts of powder casting method must be infiltrated to get proper strength as tool, and new type of 3D direct tooling system combining fabrication welding arc and cutting process is reported. But a system which can build directly 3D parts of high performance functional material as metal park would get long period of system development, massive investment and other serious obstacles, such as patent. In this paper, through the rapid tooling process as silicon rubber molding using R/P master model, and fabricate wax pattern in that silicon rubber mold using vacuum casting method, then we translated the wax patterns to numerous metal tool prototypes by new investment casting process combined conventional investment casting with rapid prototyping & rapid tooling process. With this wax-injection-mold-free investment casting, we developed new investment casting process of fabricating numerous functional metal prototypes from one master model, combined 3-D CAD, R/P and conventional investment casting and tried to expect net shape measuring total dimension shrinkage from R/P pare to metal part.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1021-1029
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• 2001

Rapid prototyping(RP) is a novel technology to create 3D products directly from CAD system. This study proposes a new RP method which uses the PZT ceramic plate to make a Drop-On-Demand liquid jet from the nozzle. The characteristic of drop formation in the new system is investigated both numerically and experimentally. The optimal drop for 3-D Printing can be obtained by the proper amplitude and frequency of the applied voltage. Also the process of the drop formation is analyzed using the pressure wave theory and verified by numerical simulation. First, the pressure wave generated by the deformation of the Piezo-plate at the nozzle is analyzed by solving the 2D axisymmetric wave equation via Finite Element Method. Finally, the drop formation process is simulated using a commercial software, FLOW 3D considering the pressure at the nozzle obtained by solving the wave equation as the boundary condition.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.824-828
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• 2000

As production cycle has become more and more shorter, the demand of rapid prototyping technology has increased largely. There are many methods for rapid prototyping technology, such as SLA. SLS, FDM. INK JET, LOM and so on. Of all methods, SLA has been most widely used for fabricating precision parts. But products manufactured by this method have limitation of single color and single material. So the principal purpose of this study is to overcome the limit of single color product. If the internal structure of manufactured product is visible with multi-color characteristic, it is possible to check easily the designed model with reality. In order to give multi-color characteristic to the product, photocurable resin mixed with pigment is used in this study. First, transparency of photocurable resin without pigment is evaluated, and then color characteristic and curing characteristic of the mixture is evaluated changing mixing ratio. Through the basic experiments, it becomes possible to fabricate multi-color 3D prototype without assembly.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.566-569
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• 2002

Rapid Prototyping is a prototyping technology that produces complicated parts directly form three dimensional CAD data with high efficiency, and has been extensively applied to various manufacturing processes. The aim of this research is to apply a 3D printer part as wax pattern in the investment casting process. The difference between conventional pattern wax and 3D printer wax is compared by experiments. The direct casting method is developed for ceramic-shell investment casting.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.841-845
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• 1996

Reverse engineering enables a fast creation of CAD model from an existing part without any technical drawing or digital data. This method of data acquisition is necessary in several industrial applications when the modification of an existing product design has to be performed and verified afterwards. In this paper, the surface of an existing ship propeller was measured by a tactile measuring system and the acquired point data of the surface were used for modeling of a solid model in CAD system. By using LOM and casting processes, an aluminum propeller for functional test was manufactured and then its accuracy was measured by a laser scanner and compared with the origin릴 CAD data. As the results show, the use of LOM as a rapid prototyping process and casting as a secondary process delivers a functional prototype propeller which can be used for test purposes.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.11-14
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• 2001

In all Rapid Prototyping(RP) processes, computer-aided design(CAD) solid model is sliced into thin layers of uniform, but not necessarily constant, thickness in the building direction. Each cross-sectional layer is successively deposited and, at the same time, bonded onto the previous layer, the stacked layers form a physical part of the model. The objective of this study is to develop a method for obtaining necessary coordinates$(x,\;y,\;\theta_x,\;\theta_y)$ to position linear hotwire of the cutting system in three-dimensional space for the Variable Lamination Manufacturing process (VLM-S), which utilizes expandable polystyrene foam sheet as part material. In order to examine the applicability of the developed method to VLM-S, various three-dimensional shapes, such as a spanner, a patterned columm, and a pyramid were made using data obtained from the method.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.237-244
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• 1998

래피드 프로토 타이핑 기술은 일반적으로 제품의 사용 성(usability)을 미리 평가해 볼 수 있는 효과적 방법으로 여겨지고 있다. 그러나 아직까지 래피드 프로토 타이핑(rapid prototyping)에 의해 생성한 프로 타이프(prototype)를 가지고 사용 성 평가를 할 경우, 실제품으로 할 경우에 비교해 사용자 행위상에 어떤 차이가 있는 지에 대해서는 충분한 검증이 없었다. 본 연구의 목적은 래피드 프로토 타이핑에 의해 생성한 프로토 타이프가 실제품을 대신해 사용 성 평가에 사용될 수 있는 가를 검증하는 것이다. 이를 위해 우선 가전제품 중 사용자 인터페이스(user interface)가 비교적 단순한 냉장고의 제어 표시판(control-display)을 대상으로 한 실험을 수행하였다. 16명의 여자 피 실험 자 들이 피 실험 자간 실험(between-subjects)에 실험에 참여하여, 8명은 실제 냉장고의 제어 표시 판을 사용했고 나머지 8은 프로토 타이프를 사용했다. 각 그를 모두 냉장고 제어 표시 판의 대표적 기능인 시계조작, 절전냉장, 쾌속냉동 등 세 작업을 수행하도록 했다. 실제 품과 프로토 타이프의 차이는 작업 실패율, 작업완수 시간, 버튼 조작 회수 측면에서 분석되었다. 비 모수 검정(non-parametric)에 의한 분석 결과, 실제 품과 프로토 타이프 사이에 통계적 유의한 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 냉장고와 같이 비교적 단순한 제품의 사용 성 평가에는 래피드 프로토타이핑 기술의 효과적으로 사용될 수 있음을 보여준 결과라고 할 수 있다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 합동 추계학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.146-148
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• 2001

Pressures on the development of embedded control systems with higher performance and quality are increasing now, and the development of embedded control systems are still difficult. Hence, fast and reliable development method for implementing embedded control systems are necessary. Rapid prototyping is a powerful method to solve these problems. With the use of this method, the graphical representation of a model is converted to code that executes the model. In this paper, the development procedure of embedded control systems has been automated using this new technology. Also, an application example about lambda control in automotive engine has been carried out.

• 한국멀티미디어학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국멀티미디어학회 2002년도 춘계학술발표논문집(하)
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• pp.901-906
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• 2002

본 논문은 신속조형(RP: rapid prototyping) 시스템에서 사용되며 3D 기하학적 형상 모델을 가지고 있는 STL(standard transform language)에 워터마크를 삽입하는 방법에 관한 연구이다. 제안된 알고리즘은 3D 형상 데이터의 왜곡이 전혀 없이 패싯(facet, mesh)의 버텍스(vertex) 영역에 워터마크를 삽입한다. 기존의 알고리즘으로 STL에 워터마크를 삽입할 경우, 패싯의 저장순서를 변경하는 단순한 공격으로도 워터마크가 제거된다. 제안된 알고리즘은 패싯의 저장 순서 변경과 같은 공격에 대한 강인성을 가질 뿐만 아니라, 비가시성(invisibility)도 충족한다. 제안된 알고리즘으로 STL 3D 형상에 워터마크를 삽입하고 추출하는, 실험 결과들은 3D 원형상을 전혀 왜곡하지 않고 워터마크의 삽입과 추출이 가능함을 보여준다.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2012

Purpose: Methylmethacrylate is the most commonly used alloplastic material in cranioplasty. However during the polymerization of methylmethacrylate, a significant exothermic reaction takes place. This reaction may result in thermal injury to the brain tissue and other soft tissues. Also it is difficult to make three-dimensional methylmethacrylate implant that is perfectly matched to the defect during the operation time. We report on the molding technique of methylmethacrylate implant using plaster mold and the rapid prototyping model in cranioplasty. Methods: A 44-year-old male was referred to the department for severe frontal hollowness. He was involved in an automobile accident resulting in large frontal bone defect with irregular margin. The preformed patient-specific methylmethacrylate implant was made using plaster mold and the rapid prototyping model before the operative day. The methylmethacrylate implant was placed in the frontal defect and rigidly fixed with miniplates and screws on the operative day. Results: The operation was performed in an hour. In the 6 months follow-up period, there were no complications. Patient was satisfied with the results of cranioplasty. Conclusion: Safe cranioplasty was performed with the preformed patient-specific methylmethacrylate implant using plaster mold and the rapid prototyping model. The result of this method was satisfactory, aesthetically and functionally.