subject: Method of integrating wear plates into a spray formed rapid tooling [print this page] Once the spray formed rapid tool is formed, the ceramic pattern is removed by chipping, grit blasting, or using a water jet. The slide contact surface can be machined "true" to the rest of the spray formed rapid tool after the spray process is complete if the wear plate 16 was not in the exact location during the spray deposition.
Method of integrating wear plates into a spray formed rapid tooling
