No, it's not a submarine!
Something I'm doing for work... thought I'd share it.  The original is 
much larger in resolution, so some of the smaller details (like the 
threading) don't show here.  It's a cut-away model of an injection 
molding assembly.  It was created in AutoCAD from blueprints, then 
exported as a series of .3DS files.  I imported the .3DS files into 
PolyTrans and converted them into a POV smooth_triangle mesh.  The final 
POV file was a whopping 57.6 meg.  
How it works: The plastic (in pellet form) is fed into the large hole at 
the upper left and the cylinder is heated by the heater bands that are 
wrapped around it.  The temperature ranges from 300-900 degrees 
fahrenheit, depending on the resin used.  The screw spins inside the 
cylinder and forces the melted plastic out the nozzle orifice and into a 
mold.  That's the basic synopsis, anyway.  The vertical cylinders are 
thermocouples.



-- 
Doug Eichenberg
http://www.nls.net/douge
dou### [at] nlsnet

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