Manufacturing Method of the Purple-Clay Teapot Mold Based on Reversing Engineering

Abstract

Except the manual shaping, the other methods are needed for a particular mold to make purple-clay teapot. Traditional manufacturing method of purple-clay teapot mold is heavy and low-efficient human work. Reversing engineering has been applied in many industry fields. In this paper, reversing engineering technique is applied into a purple-clay teapot mold manufacturing process. Then, the machining simulation of the mold is finished in CAD. The results show this technique is an advanced and efficient method to make purple-clay teapot mold. This method can also be used in other pottery product mold.