Progress in Additive Manufacturing and Rapid Prototyping
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Rapid prototyping generally refers to techniques that produce shaped parts by gradual creation or addition of solid material, therein differing fundamentally from forming and material removal manufacturing techniques as mentioned in this paper. But it is not suitable for all applications.About:
This article is published in CIRP Annals.The article was published on 1998-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1185 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rapid prototyping.read more
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The status, challenges, and future of additive manufacturing in engineering
Wei Gao,Yunbo Zhang,Devarajan Ramanujan,Karthik Ramani,Yong Chen,Christopher B. Williams,Charlie C. L. Wang,Yung C. Shin,Song Zhang,Pablo D. Zavattieri +9 more
TL;DR: Future directions such as the "print-it-all" paradigm, that have the potential to re-imagine current research and spawn completely new avenues for exploration are pointed out.
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Additive manufacturing: technology, applications and research needs
Nannan Guo,Ming-Chuan Leu +1 more
TL;DR: Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been researched and developed for more than 20 years as mentioned in this paper, and significant progress has been made in the development and commercialization of new and innovative AM processes, as well as numerous practical applications in aerospace, automotive, biomedical, energy and other fields.
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Additive manufacturing and its societal impact: a literature review
TL;DR: In this article, the societal impact of additive manufacturing from a technical perspective is reviewed, and an abundance of evidences are found to support the promises of additive-manufacturing in the following areas: (1) customized healthcare products to improve population health and quality of life, (2) reduced environmental impact for manufacturing sustainability, and (3) simplified supply chain to increase efficiency and responsiveness in demand fulfillment.
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Consolidation phenomena in laser and powder-bed based layered manufacturing
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe which types of laser-induced consolidation can be applied to what type of material, and demonstrate that although SLS/SLM can process polymers, metals, ceramics and composites, quite some limitations and problems cause the palette of applicable materials still to be limited.
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Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing: Fundamentals of Stereolithography
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide complete coverage of a major new technology that generates physical objects directly from a graphical computer database, known as "Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing" (RP&M).
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Apparatus and method for creating three-dimensional objects
TL;DR: In this paper, a movable dispensing head provided with a supply of material which solidifies at a predetermined temperature, and a base member, which are moved relative to each other along "X, Y, and Z" axes in a predetermined pattern to create three-dimensional objects by building up material discharged from the dispenser onto the base member at a controlled rate.
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Direct selective laser sintering of metals
Suman Das,Joseph J. Beaman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method of fabricating a fully dense, three dimensional object by direct laser sintering is disclosed, in which a degased powder layer is dispensed over a target surface and a beam of directed energy melts metallic powder in order to form a solid layer cross section.
Material incress manufacturing by Rapid Prototyping Techniques
TL;DR: In this article, the authors give a state-of-the-art overview of rapid prototyping techniques, like stereolithography, selective laser sintering, ballistic particle manufacturing and others.