Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 27 Issue 8

Selective laser melting dental CoCr alloy: microstructure, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance

Jie Chen, Yongqiang Yang, Shibiao Wu, Mingkang Zhang, Shuzhen Mai, Changhui Song, Di Wang

In this paper, the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of CoCr alloy fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) were studied, and the changes of performance after…

Effects of infill patterns on the strength and stiffness of 3D printed topologically optimized geometries

Nadim S. Hmeidat, Bailey Brown, Xiu Jia, Natasha Vermaak, Brett Compton

Mechanical anisotropy associated with material extrusion additive manufacturing (AM) complicates the design of complex structures. This study aims to focus on investigating the…

Case study of the additive manufacturing application in the supersonic flow researches

Jefte da Silva Guimarães, Valéria Serrano Faillace Oliveira Leite, Marco Antonio Sala Minucci, Dermeval Carinhana

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the aerodynamic behavior of a supersonic combustion test bench (SCTB) components, as the transition piece and the combustor of a…

Foam additive manufacturing technology: main characteristics and experiments for hull mold manufacturing

Elodie Paquet, Alain Bernard, Benoit Furet, Sébastien Garnier, Sébastien Le Loch

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel methodology to produce a large boat hull with a foam additive manufacturing (FAM) process. To respond to shipping market needs…

Functional applications of 4D printing: a review

Shubham Shankar Mohol, Varun Sharma

Additive manufacturing has rapidly developed in terms of technology and its application in various types of industries. With this rapid development, there has been significant…

Manufacturability analysis of extremely fine porous structures for selective laser melting process of Ti6Al4V alloy

Liping Ding, Shujie Tan, Wenliang Chen, Yaming Jin, Yicha Zhang

The manufacturability of extremely fine porous structures in the SLM process has rarely been investigated, leading to unpredicted manufacturing results and preventing steady…

The effect of 3D printing parameters on electrochemical properties of heterogeneous cation exchange membrane

Lucie Zárybnická, Eliška Stránská, Kristýna Janegová, Barbora Vydrová

The study aims to focus on the preparation of a heterogeneous cation exchange membrane by a three-dimensional (3D) method – fused filament fabrication using a series of nozzles of…

Systematic approach for reducing micro-crack formation in Inconel 713LC components fabricated by laser powder bed fusion

Hung-Yu Wang, Yu-Lung Lo, Hong-Chuong Tran, M. Mohsin Raza, Trong-Nhan Le

For high crack-susceptibility materials such as Inconel 713LC (IN713LC) nickel alloy, fabricating crack-free components using the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) technique…

Escaping Tree-Support (ET-Sup): minimizing contact points for tree-like support structures in additive manufacturing

Tsz-Ho Kwok

Support structures are often needed in additive manufacturing (AM) to print overhangs. However, they are the extra materials that must be removed afterwards. When the supports…

Investigation on the relationship between bending angle of the overhanging surface and overhanging surface quality printed using selective laser melting

Weipeng Duan, Jitai Han, Qingfneg Xia, Keqing Wang, Meiping Wu, Dalei Song

With the increasing demand for lightweight parts, the quality of the inner structure gained growing attention from different kinds of fields. As the quality of the overhanging…

Topology optimization for infill in MEx

Matt Schmitt, Il Yong Kim

In furthering numerical optimization techniques for the light-weighting of components, it is paramount to produce algorithms that closely mimic the physical behavior of the…

Application of total interpretive structural modeling for analyzing factors of additive manufacturing and industry 4.0 integration

Vishal Ashok Wankhede, Vinodh S.

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model based on the total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) approach for analysis of factors of additive manufacturing (AM) and…