Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 13 Issue 4

Selective laser melting of biocompatible metals for rapid manufacturing of medical parts

Ben Vandenbroucke, Jean‐Pierre Kruth

This paper seeks to investigate the possibility of producing medical or dental parts by selective laser melting (SLM). Rapid Manufacturing could be very suitable for these…

Principles of laser micro sintering

P. Regenfuss, A. Streek, L. Hartwig, S. Klötzer, Th. Brabant, M. Horn, R. Ebert, H. Exner

The purpose of the paper is the elucidation of certain mechanisms of laser material processing in general and laser micro sintering in particular. One major intention is to…

Design and freeform fabrication of deployable structures with lattice skins

Uma Maheshwaraa, David Bourell, Carolyn Conner Seepersad

Frontier environments – such as battlefields, hostile territories, remote locations, or outer space – drive the need for lightweight, deployable structures that can be stored in a…

Use of ultrasonic consolidation for fabrication of multi‐material structures

G.D. Janaki Ram, C. Robinson, Y. Yang, B.E. Stucker

Ultrasonic consolidation (UC) is a novel additive manufacturing process developed for fabrication of metallic parts from foils. While the process has been well demonstrated for…

Applications of a hybrid manufacturing process for fabrication of metallic structures

Frank Liou, Kevin Slattery, Mary Kinsella, Joseph Newkirk, Hsin‐Nan Chou, Robert Landers

This paper sets out to summarize the current research, development, and integration of a hybrid process to produce high‐temperature metallic materials. It seeks to present the…

Fab@Home: the personal desktop fabricator kit

Evan Malone, Hod Lipson

Solid freeform fabrication (SFF) has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing, even to allow individuals to invent, customize, and manufacture goods cost‐effectively in their…

A semi‐analytic approach for direct slicing of free form surfaces for layered manufacturing

Debapriya Chakraborty, Asimava Roy Choudhury

This paper aims to develop an efficient surface‐plane intersection (SPI) algorithm for direct slicing of free‐form surfaces to be produced by layered manufacturing.

Editorial

David L. Bourell