PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DIRECT TOOLING MOLD AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a mold by providing at least one polymeric board material having a glass transition temperature less than the molten temperature of a thermoplastic molding material and removing at least a portion of the polymeric board material to form, according to a computer-aided design, a reverse image of a desired article to be molded. Alternatively, the present invention is a method for manufacturing a mold by providing at least one polymeric board material and removing, according to a computer-aided design, by CNC machining at least a portion of the polymeric board material to form a reverse image of a desired article to be molded. The present invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a prototype or functional prototype, a prototype and functional prototype resulting from said methods, and a polymeric mold for manufacturing prototypes and functional prototypes.