%0 Journal Article %A Soar, Rupert C. %A Dickens, Phill M. %D 2009 %T Design limits of unbonded laminate tooling for pressure die-casting %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Design_limits_of_unbonded_laminate_tooling_for_pressure_die-casting/9560447 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/17192555 %K Rapid tooling %K Laminate tooling %K Pressure die-casting %K Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified %K Mechanical Engineering %X This paper describes a new concept for the construction of prototype tooling specifically for pressure die-casting. The tools are made by clamping together laser-cut profiles in H13 tool steel sheet. The result of this endeavour has been the creation of a low cost, flexible, scalable and robust tooling system for design validation that allows multiple design iterations to be examined on the actual pressure die-casting equipment used in the production environment. Work to date has shown that relatively large up-standing features can withstand the forces of molten metal during injection. %I Loughborough University