Bocking, C. and Rennie, Allan and Bennett, G. and Lewis, N. (2000) Electroforming of a Thermojet Master Pattern for use as an Electro-Discharge Machine Electrode. In: Time Compression Technologies 2000 Conference : Proceedings of. Rapid News Publications PLC, GBR, pp. 151-156.
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Recent advances in 3D Systems Thermojet materials have led to improved accuracy of models. These wax models have been used as mandrels for electroforming EDM tools. The speed of production of the models, together with the use of low stress, thin walled copper electroforms allows the rapid production of prototype or production tooling. The paper discusses the metallisation process, factors in maintaining accuracy of reproduction of the final electroform, and the relationship between design, model, and final part accuracy.