Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 21 Issue 6

Selection of selective laser sintering materials for different applications

Sunil Kumar Tiwari, Sarang Pande, Sanat Agrawal, Santosh M. Bobade

The purpose of this paper is to propose and evaluate the selection of materials for the selective laser sintering (SLS) process, which is used for low-volume production in the…

Global adaptive slicing of NURBS based sculptured surface for minimum texture error in rapid prototyping

S. Sikder, A. Barari, H.A. Kishawy

This paper aims to propose a global adaptive direct slicing technique of Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBS)-based sculptured surface for rapid prototyping where the NURBS…

On design for additive manufacturing: evaluating geometrical limitations

Guido A. O. Adam, Detmar Zimmer

– The purpose of this paper is to present Design Rules for additive manufacturing and a method for their development.

Application of improved complex proportional assessment (COPRAS) method for rapid prototyping system selection

M. A. Makhesana

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the methodology of a decision-making method for selection of rapid prototyping process and comparison of it with previously developed…

Fatigue properties of parts printed by PolyJet material jetting

Jacob P. Moore, Christopher B. Williams

– This paper aims to seek to fill a gap in the literature by characterizing the fatigue life and microstructure of a printed elastomer material, the TangoBlackPlus material.

Surface improvement of fused deposition modeling parts by barrel finishing

Alberto Boschetto, Luana Bottini

The purpose of this paper is to study the integration between this technology and barrel finishing (BF) operation to improve part surface quality. Fused deposition modeling (FDM…

Increasing flowability and bulk density of PE-HD powders by a dry particle coating process and impact on LBM processes

Christina Blümel, Marius Sachs, Tobias Laumer, Bettina Winzer, Jochen Schmidt, Michael Schmidt, Wolfgang Peukert, Karl-Ernst Wirth

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the processability of cohesive PE-HD particles in laser beam melting processes (LBM) of polymers. Furthermore, we present a…

Additive manufacturing to assist prosthetically guided bone regeneration of atrophic maxillary arches

M. Fantini, F. De Crescenzio, L. Ciocca, F. Persiani

The purpose of this paper is to describe two different approaches for manufacturing pre-formed titanium meshes to assist prosthetically guided bone regeneration of atrophic…

Conceptual design of three-dimensional scaffolds of powder-based materials for bone tissue engineering applications

Ramakrishna Vasireddi, Bikramjit Basu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibility to construct tissue-engineered bone repair scaffolds with pore size distributions using rapid prototyping techniques…

Application of curved layer manufacturing for preservation of randomly located minute critical surface features in rapid prototyping

Yashpal Patel, Aashish Kshattriya, Sarat B Singamneni, A. Roy Choudhury

Layered manufacturing with curved layers is a recently proposed rapid prototyping (RP) strategy for the manufacture of curved, thin and shell-type parts and the repair of worn…

Rapid prototyping in the intervertebral implant design process

Janusz Domanski, Konstanty Skalski, Roman Grygoruk, Adrian Mróz

The purpose of this paper is to present the methodology of a design process of new lumbar intervertebral disc implants with specific emphasis on the use of rapid prototyping…

Current status of additive manufacturing for tissue engineering scaffold

Yan Li, Dichen Li, Bingheng Lu, Dajing Gao, Jack Zhou

The purpose of this paper is to review the current status of additive manufacturing (AM) used for tissue engineering (TE) scaffold. AM processes are identified as an effective…

Editorial

Ian Campbell