Earlier this year AFT's ThixoForming™ Division
partnered with a strategic customer to design and manufacture a component
for a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Rear Projection Television. Not only
was ThixoForming™ technology the perfect application for the task, its many
advantages helped the process move along quickly and the project was finished
in record time. The success of this venture set a new standard.
The Main Engine Housing
The heart of the LCD display was the light engine.
This part required precise alignment between the mechanical slides inside
the housing to properly direct the light path. Within weeks of the initial
request, plaster and machined prototypes for the housing were provided
by AFT. Within eight weeks, three molds were designed, built and sampled
including parts post-processed. Typical project activities relating to
production designs, distribution and supply were completed in less than
twenty weeks from the initial prototype phase.
Setting the Industry Standards
AFT supplied the projection bulb housing, the prism
mounting bracket and the digital display mounting base. This family of
parts, created using the ThixoForming™ process, has helped define industry
standards for low profile (thicknesses of 18" or less), low cost,
large display (up to 61") ultra high image quality televisions. |
