Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 19 Issue 1

Application of rapid tooling to manufacture customized nasal mask cushion for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices

Yih‐Lin Cheng, Jin‐Chiou Chu

A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device is one of the main treatments for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. Most patients treated by this method complain about…

Effectiveness of virtual models in design for additive manufacturing: a laser sintering case study

Meagan R. Vaughan, Richard H. Crawford

Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies have conventionally focused on producing prototypes. However, recent trends show that AM is being increasingly used for production parts…

Design and manufacture methods of rapid prototyping wind‐tunnel models based on photopolymer‐resin

Yang Dang‐guo, Sun Yan, Zhang Zheng‐yu, Wang Chao, Zhu Wei‐jun

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel method to design and manufacture rapid prototyping (RP) lightweight photopolymer‐resin models for wind‐tunnel tests. This method…

Shear viscosity measurements on Polyamide‐12 polymers for laser sintering

Barry Haworth, Neil Hopkinson, David Hitt, Xiaotao Zhong

Laser sintering kinetics and part reliability are critically dependent on the melt viscosity of materials, including polyamide 12 (PA‐12). The purpose of this paper is to…

Characterization and evaluation of a PMMA‐based 3D printing process

Christian Polzin, Sebastian Spath, Hermann Seitz

The purpose of this paper is to characterize and evaluate a new 3D‐printing process based on Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA).

Effect of the Q‐switch parameters on the sintering behavior of laser micro sintering Cu‐based metal powder using Q‐switched Nd‐YAG laser

Haihong Zhu, Linda Ke, Wenjuan Lei, Cheng Dai, Baijin Chen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the Q‐switching parameters on the sintering behavior of laser micro sintering Cu‐based metal powder, using Q‐switched…

Additive manufacturing of ZrO2‐Al2O3 ceramic components by selective laser melting

Jan Wilkes, Yves‐Christian Hagedorn, Wilhelm Meiners, Konrad Wissenbach

The purpose this paper is to develop an additive manufacturing (AM) technique for high‐strength oxide ceramics. The process development aims at directly manufacturing fully dense…

Some investigations for small‐sized product fabrication with FDM for plastic components

Rupinder Singh

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is an additive manufacturing technology commonly used for modelling, prototyping, and batch production applications. The purpose of this paper is…