Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 13 Issue 3
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The international journal for research on additive manufacturing and 3D printingTable of contents
Efficient cooling with tool inserts manufactured by electron beam melting
L‐E. Rännar, A. Glad, C‐G. GustafsonThe purpose of this paper is to present a comparative study, regarding cooling time and dimensional accuracy, of conventional injection mold cooling channel layouts, using…
A new heater design by radiation modeling and a new polymer waste‐saving mechanism design for the SIS process
Bahram Asiabanpour, Robert Cano, Chandrashekar Subbareddy, Farhana Wasik, Lane VanWagner, Thomas McCormickThe purpose of this paper is to describe a heating system for the selective inhibition sintering (SIS) process that will produce uniform heat and minimize the polymer powder waste.
3D printing technique applied to rapid casting
Elena Bassoli, Andrea Gatto, Luca Iuliano, Maria Grazia ViolanteThe purpose of this paper is to verify the feasibility and evaluate the dimensional accuracy of two rapid casting (RC) solutions based on 3D printing technology: investment…
Optimization on selective laser sintering of metallic powder via design of experiments method
Hsin‐Te Liao, Jie‐Ren ShieThe objective of this study is to investigate the effect of various parameters on rapid prototyping parts for processes of sintering metallic powder by using Nd:YAG laser via the…
On the manufacturability of scaffold mould using a 3D printing technology
C.Z. Liu, E. Sachlos, D.A. Wahl, Z.W. Han, J.T. CzernuszkaTo investigate the effect of operation parameters and printing configuration on the manufacturability of moulds in the manufacture of tissue engineering scaffolds using a 3D…
Reflectance and transmittance of TrueFormTM powder and its composites to CO2 laser
K.M. Fan, K.W. Wong, W.L. Cheung, I. GibsonThe purpose of this paper is to report on a study of the effect of glass microsphere (GMS) and potassium bromide (KBr) powder as an additive on the reflectance and transmittance…
Rapid tooling form accuracy estimation using region elimination adaptive search based sampling technique
Naga Hanumaiah, B. RaviThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of an investigation on the straightness, flatness and circularity achievable on two direct RT methods: direct metal laser…
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1355-2546Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Professor Ian Gibson