Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 26 Issue 5

Large-format fused deposition additive manufacturing: a review

Daniel Moreno Nieto, Sergio I. Molina

The build volumes of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are increasing in size. This improvement is associated with the growing reliability of AM processes and is driven by…

Framework for effective additive manufacturing education: a case study of South African universities

Micheal Omotayo Alabi, Deon Johan de Beer, Harry Wichers, Cornelius P. Kloppers

In this era of Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, additive manufacturing (AM) has been recognized as one of the nine technologies of Industry 4.0 that will…

Additively manufactured textiles and parametric modelling by generative algorithms in orthopaedic applications

Vito Ricotta, Robert Ian Campbell, Tommaso Ingrassia, Vincenzo Nigrelli

The purpose of this paper is to implement a new process aimed at the design and production of orthopaedic devices fully manufacturable by additive manufacturing (AM). In this…

3D bioprinting of tissue engineering scaffold for cell culture

Li Wu, Xinxin Li, Tianmin Guan, Yong Chen, Chunwei Qi

The 3 D bioprinting technology is used to prepare the tissue engineering scaffold with precise structures for the cell proliferation and differentiation.

Effect of laser power on formability, microstructure and mechanical properties of selective laser melted Mg-Al-Zn alloy

Xingcheng Wang, Changjun Chen, Min Zhang

This paper aims to study the effect of laser energy on the formability, microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ61D alloy to assist systematic study of laser additive…

Four-dimensional printing using fused-deposition modeling: a review

John Carrell, Garrett Gruss, Elizabeth Gomez

This paper aims to provide a review of four-dimensional (4D) printing using fused-deposition modeling (FDM). 4D printing is an emerging innovation in (three-dimensional) 3D…

Effect of processing parameters on forming defects during selective laser melting of AlSi10Mg powder

Haihua Wu, Junfeng Li, Zhengying Wei, Pei Wei

To fabricate a selective laser melting (SLM)-processed AlSi10Mg part with almost full density and free of any apparent pores, this study aims to investigate the effect of ambient…

Direct texturing for additive manufacturing: software support and build tests

Antonio Armillotta

This paper aims to investigate the feasibility of adding macro-textures to triangle meshes for additive manufacturing (AM) focusing on possible time and quality issues in both…

A decision-making methodology integrated in product design for additive manufacturing process selection

Wei Liu, Zicheng Zhu, Songhe Ye

The decision-making for additive manufacturing (AM) process selection is typically applied in the end of the product design stages based upon an already finished design. However…

Heat transfer in lattice structures during metal additive manufacturing: numerical exploration of temperature field evolution

David Downing, Martin Leary, Matthew McMillan, Ahmad Alghamdi, Milan Brandt

Metal additive manufacturing is an inherently thermal process, with intense localised heating and for sparse lattice structures, often rapid uneven cooling. Thermal effects…

Additive manufacturing for repairing: from damage identification and modeling to DLD

Matteo Perini, Paolo Bosetti, Nicolae Balc

This paper aims to decrease the cost of repairing operations, of the damaged mechanical components, by enabling the strong automation of the process and the reduction of manual…

Bitmap generation from computer-aided design for potential layer-quality evaluation in electron beam additive manufacturing

Hay Wong

Electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) is a popular additive manufacturing (AM) technique used by many industrial sectors. In EBAM process monitoring, data analysis is…

Development of polycaprolactone/hydroxyapatite composite resin for 405 nm digital light projection 3D printing

Yuan-Min Lin, Hsuan Chen, Chih-Hsin Lin, Pin-Ju Huang, Shyh-Yuan Lee

The purpose of this study is to develop resin composite materials composed of polycaprolactone (PCL) acrylates and hydroxyapatite (HA) nanoparticles for ultraviolet digital light…

Comparison of wear properties of Ti6Al4V fabricated by wrought and electron beam melting processes in simulated body fluids

Dingding Xiang, Xipeng Tan, Zhenhua Liao, Jinmei He, Zhenjun Zhang, Weiqiang Liu, Chengcheng Wang, Beng Tor Shu

This paper aims to study the wear properties of electron beam melted Ti6Al4V (EBM-Ti6Al4V) in simulated body fluids for orthopedic implant biomedical applications compared with…

Effective elastic moduli of metal honeycombs manufactured using selective laser melting

Rafid Hussein, Sudharshan Anandan, Myranda Spratt, Joseph W. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, Misak Heath, Michael Walker

Honeycomb cellular structures exhibit unique mechanical properties such as high specific strength, high specific stiffness, high energy absorption and good thermal and acoustic…