Dr Shwe Soe's Outputs (61)

Pre-processing studies for selective laser sintering of glass beads-filled polyamide 12 composites (2014)
Journal Article

The paper provides the background needed on the investigation of mechanical properties and geometric accuracy of glass bead filled polyamide 12 composites. It introduces the topic of determination of material and process parameters, describes the pre... Read More about Pre-processing studies for selective laser sintering of glass beads-filled polyamide 12 composites.

Mechanical characterisation of Duraform® Flex for FEA hyperelastic material modelling (2014)
Journal Article

Laser Sintering (LS) is widely accepted as a leading additive manufacturing process with a proven capability for manufacturing complex lattice structures using a group of specially developed powder based materials. However, to date, very little resea... Read More about Mechanical characterisation of Duraform® Flex for FEA hyperelastic material modelling.

A conceptual model for sustainable product design (2013)
Journal Article

This paper proposes a conceptual model to support sustainable product design. The approach develops an integrated multimodal decision making model which is to be introduced early in the design process, as the basis for the integration of the life cyc... Read More about A conceptual model for sustainable product design.

Additive tooling for tube hydroforming (2013)
Journal Article

The use of tube hydroforming in manufacturing is increasing in popularity, particularly in automotive applications where it offers numerous cost and well-recognized performance advantages over conventional stamping and welding processes. In this pape... Read More about Additive tooling for tube hydroforming.

FEA support structure generation for the additive manufacture of CastForm™ polystyrene patterns (2013)
Journal Article

Understanding the nature of part failure when using CastForm™ material for pattern generation is essential in the development of failure avoidance practices. Currently, many approaches employed in both research and industry rely on the use of physica... Read More about FEA support structure generation for the additive manufacture of CastForm™ polystyrene patterns.

Assessment of non-uniform shrinkage in the laser sintering of polymer materials (2013)
Journal Article

Laser sintering technologies are well established in the rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing industries, producing a wide range of products for an ever-increasing number of industry sectors. In theory, these processes facilitate direct digital... Read More about Assessment of non-uniform shrinkage in the laser sintering of polymer materials.

The application of laser sintering for archaeological model-making (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Laser sintering for the fabrication of architectural models (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Additive Manufacturing technologies are widely employed in the production of models for a range of industries. However, to-date little explicit research attention has examined the way in which the Laser Sintering technologies can be used in the speci... Read More about Laser sintering for the fabrication of architectural models.

Additive manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship (2012)
Journal Article

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the suitability of additive manufacturing technologies in the reconstruction of archaeological discoveries as illustrative models. The processes of reverse engineering and part fabrication are discuss... Read More about Additive manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship.

Quantitative analysis on SLS part curling using EOS P700 machine (2012)
Journal Article

Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a thermal process and one of the main problems associated with it is "part curling". The aim of the work is to describe the degree of curling quantitatively and to provide suggestions to minimise the curl, thereby i... Read More about Quantitative analysis on SLS part curling using EOS P700 machine.

Personalised medical product development: methods, challenges and opportunities (2011)
Journal Article

Personalised health care in general and personalised medical products in particular aim to provide the optimal diagnosis and treatment with the use of the right medicine, tools and devices to the right patient at the right time in order to meet well... Read More about Personalised medical product development: methods, challenges and opportunities.

Improving dimensional accuracy in the production of a CastForm^TM polystyrene pattern for investment casting (2010)
Journal Article

The focus of this paper was to analyse all stages of the CastForm™(CF) polystyrene pattern fabrication process, identify the reasons leading to poor dimensional accuracy, and outline techniques for its improvement. Rapid manufacturing of patterns for... Read More about Improving dimensional accuracy in the production of a CastForm^TM polystyrene pattern for investment casting.

Re-articulating the role of process design to support mass customisation: The case of rapid manufactured custom-made fixtures (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whilst the fulfilment of customised production affects the whole product realisation chain involving product design, process design and supply chain design, our assessment of the literature observes comparatively little attention has been given to pr... Read More about Re-articulating the role of process design to support mass customisation: The case of rapid manufactured custom-made fixtures.

Investigation on polyamide powder properties deterioration and efficient powder recycling in Laser Sintering (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate (2006)
Journal Article

Purpose - The main objective of this paper is to analyse all stages of the CastForm™ polystyrene (CF) pattern fabrication process, identify the reasons leading to inferior quality, and outline techniques for its improvement and reduction of failures.... Read More about Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate.

Some demands on rapid prototypes used as master patterns in rapid tooling for injection moulding (2004)
Journal Article

Injection moulded components are finding vigorously increasing applications in numerous sectors. The flexibility of the process allows complex components to be manufactured in high volumes in fully automated environments. Associated with such compone... Read More about Some demands on rapid prototypes used as master patterns in rapid tooling for injection moulding.

New demands on rapid prototypes in advanced tooling technologies (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A review of the requirements of rapid prototypes in secondary tooling techniques (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The development of a resin coated sand tooling process for the manufacture of plastic components (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Foundry shell sand moulding: A tooling opportunity for plastic injection moulding (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution