Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 14 Issue 2

Effect of processing conditions on the bonding quality of FDM polymer filaments

Q. Sun, G.M. Rizvi, C.T. Bellehumeur, P. Gu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanisms controlling the bond formation among extruded polymer filaments in the fused deposition modeling (FDM) process. The…

On the use of FBG sensors for measurement of curing strains in photocurable resins

Dimitrios Karalekas

The objective of this study is to investigate the use of a fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensor for measuring of curing strains that develop during the solidification of a…

Fusion behavior of TrueFormTM/SiO2 composite powders during selective laser sintering

K.M. Fan, W.L. Cheung, I. Gibson

This paper aims to study the effects of solid additives and compounding processes on the selective laser sintering (SLS) behavior of composite powders.

Influence of hybrid mould on moulded parts properties

Damir Godec, Mladen Šercer, Maja Rujnić‐Sokele

This paper aims to emphasize compared experimental analysis of influence of hybrid and classic moulds on the properties of moulded parts and the processing parameters. Such…

Using metallic resin and aluminum alloy molds to manufacture propellers with RP/RT technique

C.Y. Hsu, C.K. Huang, G.J. Tzou

This purpose of this study is to investigate an effective method to manufacture propellers.

Process repeatability and sources of error in indirect SLS of aluminium

Neil Hopkinson, T.B. Sercombe

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the accuracy and repeatability of the indirect selective laser sintering of aluminium process.

Applications of structural optimization in direct metal fabrication

Omer Cansizoglu, Ola L.A. Harrysson, Harvey A. West, Denis R. Cormier, Tushar Mahale

Optimization techniques can be used to design geometrically complex components with a wide variety of optimization criteria. However, such components have been very difficult and…

Editorial

Ian Campbell