Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 17 Issue 5

The investigation of the influence of laser re‐melting on density, surface quality and microstructure of selective laser melting parts

Evren Yasa, Jan Deckers, Jean‐Pierre Kruth

Selective laser melting (SLM) is a powder metallurgical (PM) additive manufacturing process whereby a three‐dimensional part is built in a layer‐wise manner. During the process, a…

Rapid casting solutions: a review

Munish Chhabra, Rupinder Singh

This paper seeks to review the industrial applications of state‐of‐the‐art additive manufacturing (AM) techniques in metal casting technology. An extensive survey of concepts…

Fabrication and characterization of embedded horizontal micro‐channels using line‐scan stereolithography

Jae‐Won Choi, Rolando Quintana, Ryan B. Wicker

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate a method for producing embedded horizontal micro‐channels using a commercial line‐scan stereolithography (SL) system. To demonstrate…

Rapid prototyping assisted fabrication of the customised temporomandibular joint implant: a case report

T.R. Deshmukh, A.M. Kuthe, S.M. Chaware, B. Vaibhav, D.S. Ingole

The purpose of this paper was to find a successful treatment modality for patients suffering from temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis who could not be treated through…

Transient thermal response in ultrasonic additive manufacturing of aluminum 3003

David Schick, Sudarsanam Suresh Babu, Daniel R. Foster, Marcelo Dapino, Matt Short, John C. Lippold

Ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) is a rapid prototyping process through which multiple thin layers of material are sequentially ultrasonically welded together to form a…

Comparison of density measurement techniques for additive manufactured metallic parts

A.B. Spierings, M. Schneider, R. Eggenberger

In the optimisation of processing parameters for additive manufactured parts using, e.g. selective laser melting (SLM) or electron beam melting, the measurement of the part…

3D printed tooling for thermoforming of medical devices

Jairo Chimento, M. Jason Highsmith, Nathan Crane

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of 3D printed materials for use as rapid tooling (RT) molds in low volume thermoforming processes such as in manufacturing…

Enhancing aerospace engineering students' learning with 3D printing wind‐tunnel models

Ehud Kroll, Dror Artzi

The purpose of this paper is to present the benefits offered by rapid prototyping (RP) models for wind‐tunnel testing as part of fourth‐year aerospace engineering student…

Editorial

Ian Campbell