Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 6 Issue 4

A new flexible layer fabrication method for the jet deposition system to accelerate fabrication speed

Jeng‐Ywan Jeng, Jia‐Chang Wang, Tsung Te Lin

The key principle of the jet deposition rapid prototyping (RP) system is to deliver material through a jet and deposit the liquefied material onto a platform to build a physical…

Fast interior filling of Model Maker models using a spraying nozzle to accelerate build speed

Jeng‐Ywan Jeng, Jia‐Chang Wang, Tsung Te Lin

Model Maker (MM) is a commercial rapid prototyping (RP) system using tiny jets to deposit thermoplastic materials onto a platform to build physical models and the associated…

Feedstock material property – process relationships in fused deposition of ceramics (FDC)

N. Venkataraman, S. Rangarajan, M.J. Matthewson, B. Harper, A. Safari, S.C. Danforth, G. Wu, N. Langrana, S. Guceri, A. Yardimci

Fused deposition of ceramics (FDC) is a solid freeform fabrication technique based on extrusion of highly loaded polymer systems. The process utilizes particle loaded…

A comparison between stereolithography and aluminium injection moulding tooling

Neil Hopkinson, Phill Dickens

Advances in rapid prototyping and machining have resulted in reduced lead times for injection moulding tooling. Comparisons between aluminium and stereolithography (SL) tools are…

Rapid prototyping of small size objects

Arnaud Bertsch, Paul Bernhard, Christian Vogt, Philippe Renaud

The commercialization of new products integrating many functions in a small volume requires more and more often the rapid prototyping of small high‐resolution objects, having…

Reconstruction of the Homunculus skull using a combined scanning and stereolithography process

Guangming Zhang, Yi‐chien Tsou, Alfred L. Rosenberger

The reconstructed skull of the primate fossil Homunculus, a Miocene New World monkey from Argentina, offers unique opportunities for further study and has revealed information…