Brent Stucker

TL;DR: Gibson et al. as discussed by the authors presented a comprehensive overview of additive manufacturing technologies plus descriptions of support technologies like software systems and post-processing approaches, and provided systematic solutions for process selection and design for AM Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing.

TL;DR: A conceptual overview of rapid prototyping and layered manufacturing is given, beginning with the fundamentals so that readers can get up to speed quickly as mentioned in this paper, with a broad range of technical questions to ensure comprehensive understanding of the concepts covered.

TL;DR: In this article, the defect characteristics are discussed with respect to defect generation mechanisms; and effective process windows for SLM and EBM system are discussed. But they do not consider the defect generation mechanism.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared two metal additive manufacturing processes, selective laser melting (SLM) and electron beam melting (EBM), based on microstructural and mechanical property evaluation of Ti6Al4V parts produced by these two processes.

TL;DR: In this article, the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies provide an opportunity to rethink DFM to take advantage of the unique capabilities of these technologies, and several companies are now using AM technologies for production manufacturing.