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I've Seen one of those... I know a guy who works on them..... now if
he could "slip" me some of the blue prints..........
Doug Eichenberg wrote:
> 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] nls net
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