Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 26 Issue 4

Investigation of the fluid flow during the recoating process in additive manufacturing

Andrei Kozhevnikov, Rudie P.J. Kunnen, Gregor E. van Baars, Herman J.H. Clercx

This paper aims to explore the fluid flow in the stereolithography process during the recoating step. The understanding of the flow dynamics can be used as an input for an active…

Effect of structural hybrid design on mechanical and biological properties of CoCr scaffolds fabricated by selective laser melting

Emre Özeren, Mirigul Altan

The purpose of this study was to bring a new structural hybrid design approach to improve the mechanical and biological properties of the bone scaffolds fabricated by laser powder…

Using machine learning to aid in the parameter optimisation process for metal-based additive manufacturing

Cassidy Silbernagel, Adedeji Aremu, Ian Ashcroft

Metal-based additive manufacturing is a relatively new technology used to fabricate metal objects within an entirely digital workflow. However, only a small number of different…

Effect of extrusion temperature on fused filament fabrication parts orthotropic behaviour

Michele Angelo Attolico, Caterina Casavola, Alberto Cazzato, Vincenzo Moramarco, Gilda Renna

The purpose of this paper is to verify the effects of extrusion temperature on orthotropic behaviour of the mechanical properties of parts obtained by fused filament fabrication…

Micro-CT for analysis of laser sintered micro-composites

James Robert Wingham, Robert Turner, Joanna Shepherd, Candice Majewski

X-Ray-computed micro-tomography (micro-CT) is relatively well established in additive manufacturing as a method to determine the porosity and geometry of printed parts and, in…

Robotic additive manufacturing system for dynamic build orientations

Nicholas R. Fry, Robert C. Richardson, Jordan H. Boyle

This paper aims to present a multi-axis additive robot manufacturing system (ARMS) and demonstrate its beneficial capabilities.

A review on advancements in applications of fused deposition modelling process

Sathies T., Senthil P., Anoop M.S.

Fabrication of customized products in low volume through conventional manufacturing incurs a high cost, longer processing time and huge material waste. Hence, the concept of…

Individual customization strategy accomplished by developing prototype of a laparoscopic forceps handle using additive manufacturing

Sreekanth M.P., Rajesh Ranganathan, Arivazhagan Pugalendhi

Laparoscopic surgeons suffer because of discomfited body posture while performing surgery and experience discomfort owing to lack of customized surgical instruments. Accordingly…

3D printing of composites: design parameters and flexural performance

Feras Korkees, James Allenby, Peter Dorrington

3D printing of composites has a high degree of design freedom, which allows for the manufacture of complex shapes that cannot be achieved with conventional manufacturing…

Mechanical characterization of 3D printed, non-planar lattice structures under quasi-static cyclic loading

John C.S. McCaw, Enrique Cuan-Urquizo

While additive manufacturing via melt-extrusion of plastics has been around for more than several decades, its application to complex geometries has been hampered by the…

The role of heating and cooling in viscous sintering of pairs of spheres and pairs of cylinders

Nickolas D. Polychronopoulos, John Vlachopoulos

This study aims to develop mathematical models for the determination of the effects of heating or cooling on neck growth in Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Fused Filament…

Effect of nAl2O3 on the part density and microstructure during the laser-based powder bed fusion of AlSi10Mg composite

Zhenglin Du, Hui-Chi Chen, Ming Jen Tan, Guijun Bi, Chee Kai Chua

In recent years, additive manufacturing techniques have attracted much research attention because of their ability to fabricate customised parts with complex geometry. The range…

Multi-physics continuum modelling approaches for metal powder additive manufacturing: a review

Shekhar Srivastava, Rajiv Kumar Garg, Vishal S. Sharma, Noe Gaudencio Alba-Baena, Anish Sachdeva, Ramesh Chand, Sehijpal Singh

This paper aims to present a systematic approach in the literature survey related to metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes and its multi-physics continuum modelling approach…

Rapid manufacturing of copper-graphene composites using a novel rapid tooling technique

Gurminder Singh, Pulak Mohan Pandey

The purpose of this study is to study the mechanical, tribological and electrical properties of the copper-graphene (Cu-Gn) composites fabricated by a novel rapid tooling…

Non-destructive quality control methods in additive manufacturing: a survey

Paschalis Charalampous, Ioannis Kostavelis, Dimitrios Tzovaras

In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been acknowledged as an efficient method for producing geometrical complex objects with a wide range of applications…