Additive Manufacturing Technologies Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing /

• Main Authors: Gibson, Ian. (Author), Rosen, David W. (Author), Stucker, Brent. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanical engineering.; Engineering design.; Industrial engineering.; Machinery.; Engineering Design.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing deals with various aspects of joining materials to form parts. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an automated technique for direct conversion of 3D CAD data into physical objects using a variety of approaches. Manufa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Basic Principles
• Development of Additive Manufacturing Technology
• Generalized Additive Manufacturing Process Chain
• Photopolymerization Processes
• Powder Bed Fusion Processes
• Extrusion-Based Systems
• Printing Processes
• Sheet Lamination Processes
• Beam Deposition Processes
• Direct Write Technologies
• Design for Additive Manufacturing
• Guidelines for Process Selection
• Software Issues for Additive Manufacturing
• Direct Digital Manufacturing
• Medical Applications for Additive Manufacture
• Post-Processing
• The Use of Multiple Materials in Additive Manufacturing
• Business Opportunities and Future Directions. .