Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 11 Issue 4

Movement of powder bed material during the selective laser sintering of bisphenol‐A polycarbonate

K.M. Fan, W.L. Cheung, I. Gibson

The purpose of this paper is to report on a study of the movement of the powder bed material during selective laser sintering (SLS) of bisphenol‐A polycarbonate (PC) powder and…

An advanced cutting trajectory algorithm for laminated tooling

Seungryeol Yoo, Daniel Walczyk

To provide an advanced cutting trajectory algorithm for the profiled edge laminae (PEL) rapid tooling (RT) process, which is ideally suited for large‐scale dies and molds. The…

New developments in fused deposition modeling of ceramics

Anna Bellini, Lauren Shor, Selcuk I. Guceri

To shift from rapid prototyping (RP) to agile fabrication by broadening the material selection, e.g. using ceramics, hence improving the properties (e.g. mechanical properties) of…

Volume decomposition of CAD models for rapid prototyping technology

C.K. Chan, S.T. Tan

This paper reports on the work done to decompose a large sized solid model into smaller solid components for rapid prototyping technology. The target geometric domain of the solid…

Statistical process design for hybrid adaptive layer manufacturing

A. Sreenathbabu, K.P. Karunakaran, C. Amarnath

This paper discusses the optimization of the process parameters for the hybrid‐layered manufacturing (HLM) process during its weld layer deposition with subsequent surface…

Fabrication of customised scaffolds using computer‐aided design and rapid prototyping techniques

M.W. Naing, C.K. Chua, K.F. Leong, Y. Wang

This paper details the derivation of the mathematical formulae of a novel system for designing and fabricating tissue engineering (TE) scaffolds.

Rapid prototyping in South Africa: past, present and future

R.I. Campbell, D.J. de Beer

This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the development of rapid prototyping (RP) within the Republic of South Africa (RSA).