RAPID PROTOTYPING OF CYCLOID DISC

Abstract

Rapid prototyping technology is present in various industrial areas, because many benefits witch these technologies offers today. Over time, these technologies evolved from the technology for the production of prototypes future product to technology for the production of finished products ready for the market. A key element cycloid drives both, from the aspect of the complexity of the geometry and from the aspect of loads is cycloid disc.Teeth profile of cycloid disc is equidistant of shortened epitrochoid, and it is very complex curve. The characteristic of the cycloid drives directly depends from the quality and accuracy cycloid disc of production. This paper is based on a 3D model cycloid disc, which is used in various rapid prototyping technologies, and couple of physical models has been made. The influences of certain parameters on the properties of prototyping cycloid disc are analysed.