Applications of additive manufacturing and 3d printing in the manufacture of thermoplastic injection molds

Authors

  • Marco Aurélio Feriotti

    Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza – FATEC Guarulhos

    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-3495 (unauthenticated)

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  • Davi de Medeiros Marcelino

    Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza - FATEC Guarulhos

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  • Mayara Neves Pohlmann

    Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza - FATEC Guarulhos

    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9037-7503 (unauthenticated)

    Author

  • José Martino Neto

    Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza - FATEC Guarulhos

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  • Jorge Luiz Rosa

    Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza - FATEC Guarulhos

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47456/bjpe.v7i3.34567
Keywords:
Additive manufacturing, Thermoplastic injection mold, AM application in molds
Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) and  3D printing, has been largely applied in different sectors, particularly in the manufacturing of thermoplastic injection molds. Currently, additive manufacturing of metals printing needs a solution that combines high performance with low cost to make this technology more applicable. This research presents a case in a company from the sector where, in many cases, additive manufacturing has already been used in the projects and in the mold manufacturing process. Aiming to support this study, bibliographical analysis were made about the application of additive manufacturing in the tooling of thermoplastic injection molds. Thus, it was possible to observe that there is a trend, in the short and medium term, that the production of molds will suffer an impact, with the coming of this technology, which can mean a change in the conventional methods of mold making, because, in addition to inserts, molds are already being manufactured with use of AM, however, in the application of additive manufacturing it is essential that the process used ensures that the parts are free from defects or porosity. This study also showed that this technology will significantly affect the concepts of new projects, and will result in disruptive changes in conventional methods.

Author Biographies
  1. Marco Aurélio Feriotti, Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza – FATEC Guarulhos

    He is Director/Partner of the company Feriotti Ferramentaria & Usinagem Ltda since June 1990. He has 40 years of professional experience in the Injection Mold Tooling sector for Thermoplastics and Thermosets. AutoCad monitor in the Industrial Production Management course at the Faculty of Technology of São Paulo: FATEC/ Guarulhos. He was an Applied Mechanics instructor in the General Mechanics II course at Senai Hermenegildo Campos de Almeida School in Guarulhos / SP for 2 years. He participated in SAP Professional 4.0 Training given by MDL Consulting. Yellow Belt Lean Six Sigma training from the Faculty of Technology of São Paulo: FATEC/ Guarulhos. Studying 6th Semester of Technologist in Industrial Production Management at the Faculty of Technology of São Paulo: FATEC/ Guarulhos (Information from Orcid).

  2. Mayara Neves Pohlmann, Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza - FATEC Guarulhos

    He holds a degree in chemical engineering from USP (2019). Experience of 1 year and 6 months in the junior company of Escola de Engenharia de Lorena at USP- EEL Júnior as a communication and marketing advisor and event advisor. Green Belt Lean Six Sigma training and business excel training by Dinâmica Training. Participation in the Lean Enterprise Systems Program at the University of Tennessee with a project at the East Tennessee Childrens Hospital. 1 year experience in Supply Chain with administration of long-term contracts at Tenaris Confab, with 3 online courses in Supply Chain Management at MIT and an Advanced Excel course at SENAC. 2 years experience as an engineering intern at Fábrica de Auxiliares at BASF S.A. from Guaratinguetá. She is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Currently, she is a graduate student of Industrial Production Management at FATEC where she works as a monitor of the discipline of calculation 1 and is a master's student in Management and Technology in Production Systems at Centro Paula Souza (provided by the author).

  3. José Martino Neto, Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza - FATEC Guarulhos

    Master in Production Systems Management from the Centro Paula Souza Institution. Specialist in Business Logistics from IMAM University with extension at Miami University, MBA from Business School São Paulo with extension from University of Toronto. Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation. Experience in the area of ​​Production Engineering, as well as in the Management of Industrial areas of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics and Process Engineering. He is characterized by being a professional with over 32 years of experience in medium and large national and multinational companies. He has extensive experience and experience in managing departments in various industrial sectors and in transferring technology between sites. Skilled in negotiation between internal and external actors. He has previously held the roles of Manufacturing, Logistics, Engineering and Maintenance Manager. He has mastery of three languages, English, French and Italian. He is currently the Coordinator of the Industrial Production Management course at FATEC Guarulhos, as well as teaching the discipline of Supply Chain Management and Industrial Production Technology.

  4. Jorge Luiz Rosa, Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza - FATEC Guarulhos

    PhD in Mechanical Engineering, in the area of ​​Surface Treatment, Biomaterials and Nanotechnology from Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP-FEG. Master in Mechanical Engineering in the area of ​​Surface Treatment, Process Optimization and Experiment Planning, from Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP-FEG. Specialization in Quality Engineering from the University of São Paulo - EEL/USP. Graduated in Mechanical Production from the Higher Education Institute of Cruzeiro - IESC. Superior Professor III for 6 years at the Faculty of Technology of São Paulo - FATEC. Collaborating professor in the Professional Master's Graduate Program in Design, Technology and Innovation - PPG-DTI, at UNIFATEA. Professor at the Technical College of Lorena - COTEL-USP. He was a professor for 5 years in Production Engineering at Centro Universitário Salecianos de Lorena - Unisal. He was a professor for 12 years in the Higher Course of Design and Administration at the UNIFATEA University Center. He has been working for more than 25 years in Materials Engineering research at the University of São Paulo-USP, Campus Lorena. In the areas of Corrosion, Surface Treatment and Scanning Electron Microscopy and DOE. He coordinated for 5 years the Technical Course in Welding at Colégio Delta de Lorena-SP. He acted as a consultant in the area of ​​production and quality, and was Director/Partner for 10 years at Empresa de Consultoria R&S.

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2021-09-22
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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2021): Número Regular (Julho - Setembro)
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Feriotti, M. A., Marcelino, D. de M., Pohlmann, M. N., Martino Neto, J., & Rosa, J. L. (2021). Applications of additive manufacturing and 3d printing in the manufacture of thermoplastic injection molds. Brazilian Journal of Production Engineering, 7(3), 199-218. https://doi.org/10.47456/bjpe.v7i3.34567