Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 18 Issue 4

Additive manufacturing: rapid prototyping comes of age

Ian Campbell, David Bourell, Ian Gibson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a personalised view by the Editors of the Rapid Prototyping Journal.

In situ flaw detection by IR‐imaging during electron beam melting

Jan Schwerdtfeger, Robert F. Singer, Carolin Körner

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibility of in situ flaw detection for powder bed, beam‐based additive manufacturing processes using a thermal imaging system.

Rapid manufacturing of metallic objects

K.P. Karunakaran, Alain Bernard, S. Suryakumar, Lucas Dembinski, Georges Taillandier

The purpose of this paper is to review additive and/or subtractive manufacturing methods for metallic objects and their gradual evolution from prototyping tools to rapid…

Iron microparticle deposition at high concentration

Juan Pablo Isaza, Alba Avila

Deposition of ink containing metal particles is possible using inkjet technologies. The purpose of this paper is to show a novel method for deposition of iron microparticles, with…

Improving the process of making rapid prototyping models from medical ultrasound images

Mohammad Vaezi, Chee Kai Chua, Siaw Meng Chou

Today, medical models can be made by the use of medical imaging systems through modern image processing methods and rapid prototyping (RP) technology. In ultrasound imaging…

The PAM2 system: a multilevel approach for fabrication of complex three‐dimensional microstructures

Annalisa Tirella, Carmelo De Maria, Giuseppe Criscenti, Giovanni Vozzi, Arti Ahluwalia

The traditional tissue engineering approach employs rapid prototyping systems to realise microstructures (i.e. scaffolds) which recapitulate the function and organization of…

Thickening of surfaces for direct additive manufacturing fabrication

Manlio Bordoni, Alberto Boschetto

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new way of prototyping surfaces, taking the mathematical background into account, without involving drawing environments.

A study on the fabrication method of removable partial denture framework by computer‐aided design and rapid prototyping

Jiang Wu, Xiaobo Wang, Xianghui Zhao, Chunbao Zhang, Bo Gao

The purpose of this paper is to explore an application of computer‐aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) to a process of electronically surveying a scanned dental cast as a prior…

Relating additive and subtractive processes in a teleological and modular approach

Victoria Townsend, Jill Urbanic

The purpose of this paper is to relate additive manufacturing (AM) and machining (CNC) synergistically in a modular approach in the design and manufacturing domains, to generate…