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1. Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling Chapter 10 Page 610 Section 10.12 Only
2. Presentation Outline Overview of Rapid Prototyping
Conclusion
3. Applications of RP Visualization
Product verification - test for functionality
Iterative product development
Optimization
Fabrication or manufacture
Medical and Bioengineering
4. RPT v/s Conventional Methods
5. Rapid Prototyping physical modeling of a
new design early in the
product design process
Additive process
Also called solid free-
form fabrication and
desktop manufacturing
6. Convert CAD to .stl
8. RP Techniques - Stereolithography First commercial RP machine
Developed by Charles Hull in late 1980s
9. RP Techniques - Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
10. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
11. Solid Ground Curing
12. Solid Ground Curing
13. 3D Printing/Plotting
14. Resources http://www.cc.utah.edu/~asn8200/rapid.html
Some companies:
Stereolithography and Selective Laser Sintering by 3D Systems, Inc. of Valencia, California.
Solid Imager Stereolithography by Aaroflex, Inc. of Fairfax, Virginia.
Solid Ground Curing by Cubital of Raanana, Israel
Paper Lamination Technology by KIRA Corporation of Aichi, Japan.
Laminated Object Manufacturing by Cubic Technologies Inc. of Carson, California.
Fused Deposition Modeling by Stratasys, Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
15. Applications