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The Client: Booth Design, Whangarei The Objective: To produce an accurate boat hull model for tank testing within 5 days Design work: Booth Design Machining phase: 8 hours from start to completion Total time taken: 5 days from start to completion - tool produced, Glass Reinforced Plastic product manufactured and delivered Advantages gained by using the Jackson 5-Axis Machining Centre: A female tool was machined and a GRP
(Glass Reinforced Plastic) part was taken directly from the tool. The normal practice would be to manufacture a male
tool/plug. From that tool/plug a fibreglass mould would be constructed,
and from that mould the finished GRP product would be manufactured. Using the 5 axis machining centre meant
the three steps to the finished product was reduced to two steps.
This not only reduced the time from development through to manufacture
but also reduced the amount of materials used. Fibreglass is also light, strong and easy
to attach sensors and towing brackets and so on to. |
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