Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 8 Issue 3

A proposed standards‐based approach for representing heterogeneous objects for layered manufacturing

Lalit Patil, Debasish Dutta, A.D. Bhatt, K. Jurrens, K. Lyons, M.J. Pratt, R.D. Sriram

Information models for the representation of product data are being developed as an international standard. However, the current application protocols focus on the representation…

Effects of orifice shape in contour crafting of ceramic materials

Hongkyu Kwon, Satish Bukkapatnam, Behrokh Khoshnevis, Jason Saito

This paper presents the experimentation and modeling efforts at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, to study the material flow patterns in the extrusion and…

A tolerant slicing algorithm for layered manufacturing

S.H. Choi, K.T. Kwok

This paper proposes a tolerant slicing algorithm for processing slice contours for Layered Manufacturing (LM). The algorithm aims to overcome the constraints of computer memory…

A robust process optimization for a powder type rapid prototyper

Albert W.L. Yao, Y.C. Tseng

Rapid Prototyping (RP) technology is being widely used in diverse areas including mold manufacturing. However, the quality of RP parts is significantly affected by the property of…

Methods and algorithms for the slicing process in microstereolithography

C. Vogt, P. Bernhard, A. Bertsch, PR. Renaud

In this paper, methods and algorithms are presented for an efficient slicing process specifically designed for microstereolithography, a high‐resolution rapid prototyping…

Architectural scale modelling using stereolithography

J. Giannatsis, V. Dedoussis, D. Karalekas

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the applicability and effectiveness of Stereolithography rapid prototyping to the field of scale modelling for architectural design…