Re: Rapid Tooling Article

From: bo yang me stnt (bxy0487@megahertz.njit.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 05 1998 - 17:34:09 EET


Sounds interesting, isn't it?

Any more idea about the name change of Rapid Tooling?

Bo Yang
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
NJIT, Newar, NJ 07032
Phone:973-642-4577
fax: 973-596-5601
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Monica & Glenn Whiteside wrote:

> To anyone interested:
>
> Just came across an article on Rapid Tooling in the "Manufacturing
> Engineering" magazine (published by SME, Society of Manufacturing Engineers)
> dated 11/98. It gives a good summary of the latest happenings in the Rapid
> Tooling arena. Terry Wohlers is also featured where he prefers to define
> "Rapid Tooling" as "digitally driven tooling." (The acronym for this would
> be "DDT" but this has some environmentally negative connotations). Why not
> Electronically Driven Tooling, EDT, or even Rapid Electronically Driven
> Tooling, REDT? (If I could put a "Y" in there it could also stand for
> "Ready Yet?"). Just some ideas....
>
> Regards,
>
> Glenn Whiteside
> e-mail: siderwhite@worldnet.att.net
>
>
>
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