• Mayuresh Narendra Dekate
• Manish J. Deshmukh

Conventionally, molds for plastic injection molding process are fabricated using metallic materials using conventional machining processes. Machined metal molds are resilient and therefore could be suitable for mass production of plastic parts. However, with the process of mass production leading to permanent hard tooling, the design is subjected to rigorous testing and iteration before finalization. During design analysis and the iteration process, the demand for plastic parts is at low-volume. Therefore, machined metal molds could be costly and time consuming for low volume and customized end-use products. Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) printed molds could be a suitable choice for plastic injection molding production for such applications. The present study compares the performance of FDM process made Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) molds with conventional metal molds for potential use in plastic injection molding process. It was observed that FDM molds could successfully be used for a limited number of plastic injection molding cycles.

Fused Deposition Modelling, Rapid Tooling, Post-processing Techniques, Injection Molding

"PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FDM PROCESS MADE ABS MOLDS FOR PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING: A REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.457-461, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904P73.pdf

"PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FDM PROCESS MADE ABS MOLDS FOR PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING: A REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp457-461, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904P73.pdf