Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 29 Issue 4

Forming accuracy improvement in wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM): a review

Yiwen Li, Zhihai Dong, Junyan Miao, Huifang Liu, Aleksandr Babkin, Yunlong Chang

This paper aims to anticipate the possible development direction of WAAM. For large-scale and complex components, the material loss and cycle time of wire arc additive…

Highly-dense acrylonitrile butadiene styrene specimens fabricated by overheat material extrusion 3D printing

Thang Q. Tran, Xinying Deng, Carla Canturri, Chu Long Tham, Feng Lin Ng

This study aims to comprehensively investigate the process-structure-property correlation of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) parts manufactured by the overheat material…

Effect of wire composition on microstructure and properties of wire and arc additive manufactured ZAlCu5MnCdVA aluminum alloy

Ruizhe Wang, Runsheng Li, Guilan Wang, Mingbo Zhang, Jianwu Huang, Hang Lin, Haiou Zhang

Wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) technology-based cold metal transfer (CMT) to produce large aluminum alloy parts has become more and more popular. In WAAM, wire is the…

Helical tool path generation based on the triangle mesh model for a rotary four-DOF 3D printer

Donghua Zhao, Jiapeng He, Gaohan Zhu, Youcheng Han, Weizhong Guo

The rapid development of three-dimensional (3D) printing makes it familiar in daily life, especially the fused deposition modeling 3D printers. The process planning of traditional…

Evaluation of effect and optimizing of process parameters for fused deposition modeling parts on tensile properties via Taguchi method

Sermet Demir, Caner Yüksel

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of printing parameters on the mechanical properties of standard dog bone specimens manufactured by fused deposition modeling.

Study on phase transformation behavior and mechanical properties of equiatomic ratio NiTi alloy formed by selective laser melting

Changhui Song, Junfei Huang, Linqing Liu, Zehua Hu, Yongqiang Yang, Di Wang, Chao Yang

This paper aims to better control the mechanical properties and functional properties of NiTi alloy.

Additive manufacturing for prostheses development: state of the art

Smitkumar Savsani, Shamsher Singh, Harlal Singh Mali

Medical devices are undergoing rapid changes because of the increasing affordability of advanced technologies like additive manufacturing (AM) and three-dimensional scanning. New…

Additive manufacture of ionic polymer–metal composite actuators using digital light processing techniques

Kyle Engel, Paul Andrew Kilmartin, Olaf Diegel

The purpose of this study is to develop a additive manufacturing (AM) process for the fabrication of ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC) devices with complex designs that would…

Design and development of an environmentally controlled enclosure for a commercial 3D printer

Carlos A. Gonzalez Lugo, Dylan Scott Caputo, Michael J. Hutchinson, Kamran Fouladi, Babak Eslami

The purpose of this study is to design and develop an environmentally controlled enclosure for commercial three-dimensional (3D) printers.

Review of quality issues and mitigation strategies for metal powder bed fusion

Jaydeepsinh M. Ravalji, Shruti J. Raval

Selective laser melting and electron beam melting processes are well-known for the additive manufacturing of metal parts. Metal powder bed fusion (MPBF) is a common term for them…

Comparison of properties at the interface of deposited IN625 and mixture of IN625 SS304L by laser directed energy deposition and SS304L substrate

Nehem Tudu, Mayuri Baruah, Shashi Bhushan Prasad

Prior to manufacturing, designing plays a vital role in the selection of materials and other design parameters. Therefore, during the deposition of materials, substrate materials…

Hybrid direct ink write 3D printing of high-performance composite structures

Juan Esteban Aponte Gonzalez, William Jordan Wright, Raden Gustinvil, Emrah Celik

Direct ink writing (DIW) is a robust additive manufacturing technology for the fabrication of fiber-reinforced thermoset composites. However, this technique is currently limited…

Virtual-point-based geometric error compensation model for additive manufacturing machines

Pablo Zapico, Fernando Peña, Gonzalo Valiño, José Carlos Rico, Víctor Meana, Sabino Mateos

The lack of geometric and dimensional accuracy of parts produced by additive manufacturing (AM) is directly related to the machine, material and process used. This paper aims to…

Lightweight design of two-level supports for extrusion-based additive manufacturing based on metaheuristic algorithms

Ruiliang Feng, Jingchao Jiang, Atul Thakur, Xiangzhi Wei

Two-level support with Level 1 consisting of a set of beams and Level 2 consisting of a tree-like structure is an efficient support structure for extrusion-based additive…

Influence of processing parameters tuning and rheological characterization on improvement of mechanical properties and fabrication accuracy of 3D printed models

Mohammad Saleh Afsharkohan, Saman Dehrooyeh, Majid Sohrabian, Majid Vaseghi

Fabrication settings such as printing speed and nozzle temperature in fused deposition modeling undeniably influence the quality and strength of fabricated parts. As available…