- [Tam] Thank you for coming on this journey with me.
Now that you've got a better understanding of mold design,
check out courses about SOLIDWORKS and product design
by Gabriel Corbett, and in-depth 3D printing
by Kacie Hultgren.
You can also check out other courses
on our manufacturing library.
If you'd like, you can check out my new design
and manufacturing Instagram here.
And I highly recommend the book "Making It"
by Chris Lefteri for some design inspiration.
He's also written lots of other books
on different material topics.
Some companies you should check out are Mold-Tech,
the industry leader in mold texturing.
They have a lot of downloadable PDFs with further reading.
Protolabs is an awesome prototyping company
with white papers on tons of interesting topics,
and design guides.
Markforged is developing game-changing materials
for rapid prototyping.
And Shapeways can print your design and ship it to you
in a variety of materials, even ceramic.
5AXISWORKS is a new company,
and I got to see this in action.
It combines both CNC and 3D printing technology
into one machine.
There are sites with great reference guides.
For example, Rodon Group has a few downloadable e-books
on plastic part design.
ACO Mold has more information on molding undercuts,
and other molding topics.
Universal Plastics has white papers on thermoforming design.
MIT has tons of online resources,
including this Snap-Fit design manual.
Crescent Industries has a blog all about injection molding.
This post talks about causes of shrink and warp
in plastic injection molding.
Reliance Foundry has info all about sand casting.
And lastly, the Encyclopedia Britannica online
has lots of information about polymers and resins.
I've added this list of resources to the exercise files
for your reference.