Wow -- That is a bit of machinery I would LOVE to see work!!
Craig
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Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 7:27 PM
Subject: [OM] Motor Drive Caps
> Dear Craig & Giles,
>
> Some time ago I contemplated seeing if our Stereolithography kit at work
> could do it. You've probably not heard of this, but it is a laser system
> which "writes" on the surface of a bath of resin. Where the resin has
> been exposed, it solidifies. The system gradually builds up the layers
> to make a three dimensional object.
>
> The problem with it is it is quite expensive, and I don't think we can
> get quite the resolution needed for the fine detail on the cap. They
> would also need some further work to finish them off.
>
> However, it is a fairly rapid way of making objects. the bath is about
> 12" square, so it would be possible to produce about 200 in one growth
> run.
>
> At the sort of hourly rates though, each one would be costing 10's of
> pounds to produce.
>
> Chris Barrett
> Malvern
>
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