TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper focuses on the development of a distributed rapid prototyping system via the Internet to form a framework of Internet prototyping and manufacturing for the support of effective product development. The proposed methodology is targeted at a wide audience using a disparate range of computer systems to access remotely located rapid prototyping facilities via the Internet for prototype fabrication. The methodology is useful for both educational research for teaching evolving rapid prototyping technologies and remote scientific visualization. This approach is based on the merger of object‐oriented modular software architecture and client server communications for the remote control of rapid prototyping hardware (called fused deposition modeling) via the Internet. Other Web tools are used to allow the remote user to have higher interactivity with the server applications that have a direct link with the front‐end terminals controlling the rapid prototyping hardware.
VL  - 12
IS  - 6
SN  - 0957-6061
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000006106
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006106
AU  - Tay Francis E.H.
AU  - Khanal Yadav P.
AU  - Kuen Kwong Kwok
AU  - Cheng Tan Kim
PY  - 2001
Y1  - 2001/01/01
TI  - Distributed rapid prototyping – a framework for Internet prototyping and manufacturing
T2  - Integrated Manufacturing Systems
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 409
EP  - 415
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -