Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 20 Issue 5

Microstructure study on selective laser melting yttria stabilized zirconia ceramic with near IR fiber laser

Qi Liu, Bo Song, Hanlin Liao

The purpose of this paper is to explore selective laser melting of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) ceramic by a 1 μm wavelength fibre laser; investigate the influence of…

Cyber-enabled manufacturing systems for additive manufacturing

Khershed P. Cooper, Ralph F. Wachter

The purpose of this paper is to study cyber-enabled manufacturing systems (CeMS) for additive manufacturing (AM). The technology of AM or solid free-form fabrication has received…

Tensile strength of functionally graded and wafer layered structures produced by direct metal deposition

Mehdi Soodi, Syed H. Masood, Milan Brandt

This paper aims to investigate the changes in tensile properties of novel functionally graded materials (FGMs) and wafer structures created by direct metal deposition (DMD…

Inhibition of phase transformation from β- to α-tricalcium phosphate with addition of poly (L-lactic acid) in selective laser sintering

Cijun Shuai, Jingyu Zhuang, Shuping Peng, Xuejun Wen

The paper aims to fabricate an α-tricalcium phosphate (TCP) scaffold with an interconnected porous structure via selective laser sintering (SLS). To inhibit the phase…

An integrated decision-making model for multi-attributes decision-making (MADM) problems in additive manufacturing process planning

Yicha Zhang, Alain Bernard

The purpose of this paper is to propose an integrated decision-making model for multi-attributes decision-making (MADM) problems in additive manufacturing (AM) process planning…

A method to represent heterogeneous materials for rapid prototyping: the Matryoshka approach

Shuangyan Lei, Matthew C. Frank, Donald D. Anderson, Thomas D. Brown

The purpose of this paper is to present a new method for representing heterogeneous materials using nested STL shells, based, in particular, on the density distributions of human…

Options for additive rapid prototyping methods (3D printing) in MEMS technology

Victor A. Lifton, Gregory Lifton, Steve Simon

This study aims to investigate the options for additive rapid prototyping methods in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. Additive rapid prototyping technologies…

Characterization of sintered hydroxyapatite samples produced by 3D printing

I. Pires, B. Gouveia, J. Rodrigues, R. Fonte

The purpose of this study is to characterize sintered hydroxyapatite (HA) samples produced by three-dimensional printing (3DP). This study is part of a project concerned with the…

Conversion of a GIS surface data directly to a 3D STL part for terrain modeling

Sanat Agrawal, Deon J. de Beer, Yashwant Kumar Modi

This paper aims to convert surface data directly to a three-dimensional (3D) stereolithography (STL) part. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data available for a terrain…

Editorial

Ian Campbell