Rapid manufacturing [[electronic resource] ] : an industrial revolution for the digital age / / editors, N. Hopkinson, R.J.M. Hague, and P.M. Dickens

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143719503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England, : John Wiley, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-36229-4; 9786610362295; 0-470-03399-1; 0-470-03286-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HopkinsonN (Neil); HagueR. J. M; DickensP. M
• Disciplina: 620/.0042/0285; 670.285
• Soggetti: Rapid prototyping; Rapid tooling
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Rapid Manufacturing; Contents; List of Contributors; Editors; Foreword; 1 Introduction to Rapid Manufacturing; 1.1 Definition of Rapid Manufacturing; 1.2 Latitude of Applications; 1.3 Design Freedom; 1.4 Economic for Volumes down to One; 1.5 Overcoming the Legacy of Rapid Prototyping; 1.6 A Disruptive Technology; 1.7 A Breakdown of the Field of Rapid Manufacturing; 2 Unlocking the Design Potential of Rapid Manufacturing; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Potential of Rapid Manufacturing on Design; 2.2.1 Conventional 'Design for Manufacture' (DFM); 2.2.2 Conventional Design for Assembly (DFA); 2.2.3 Impact of RM on DFM and DFA2.3 Geometrical Freedom; 2.3.1 Design Complexity/Optimisation; 2.3.2 Part Consolidation; 2.3.3 Body Fitting Customisation; 2.3.4 Multiple Assemblies: Textiles; 2.4 Material Combinations; 2.5 Summary; References; 3 Customer Input and Customisation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Why Is Customer Input Needed?; 3.3 What Input can the Customer Make?; 3.3.1 Functional ; Requirements; 3.3.2 Environmental Requirements; 3.3.3 Ergonomic Requirements; 3.3.4 User-Fit Requirements; 3.3.5 Aesthetic Requirements; 3.3.6 Emotional Requirements; 3.4 How Can Customer Input Be Captured?; 3.4.1 Rapid Manufacturing of Prototypes3.4.2 Reverse Engineering; 3.4.3 Interactive CAD Models; 3.5 Using Customer Input within the Design Process; 3.6 What Is Customisation?; 3.7 Determining Which Features to Customise; 3.8 Additional Customisation Issues; 3.9 Case Study - Customising Garden Fork Handles; 3.9.1 Customer Input Through the Use of Modelling Clay; 3.9.2 Translation into a CAD Model; 3.9.3 CAD Rendering; 3.9.4 Verification of Functionality; 3.10 Conclusions; References; 4 CAD and Rapid Manufacturing; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 CAD Background; 4.2.1 History of CAD; 4.2.2 NURB; 4.3 Relations between CAD and Rapid Manufacturing4.3.1 From NURB to Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Manufacturing; 4.4 Future Developments Serving Rapid Manufacturing; 4.4.1 Free Feature Modelling; 4.4.2 Product Specific CAD; 4.4.3 Repeating Features; 4.5 CAD for Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs); 4.5.1 Voxel-Based FGMs; 4.5.2 VPD System; 4.5.3 Summary of FGMs; 4.6 Conclusion; References; 5 Emerging Rapid Manufacturing Processes; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Liquid-Based Processes; 5.2.1 Stereolithography; 5.2.2 Jetting Systems; 5.2.3 Direct Light ProcessingTM Technologies; 5.2.4 High-Viscosity Jetting5.2.5 The Maple Process; 5.3 Powder-Based Processes; 5.3.1 Selective Laser Sintering (Polymers); 5.3.2 Selective Laser Sintering (Ceramics and Metals); 5.3.3 Direct Metal Laser Sintering; 5.3.4 Three-Dimensional Printing; 5.3.5 Fused Metal Deposition Systems; 5.3.6 Electron Beam Melting; 5.3.7 Selective Laser Melting; 5.3.8 Selective Masking Sintering; 5.3.9 Selective Inhibition Sintering; 5.3.10 Electrophotographic Layered Manufacturing; 5.3.11 High-Speed Sintering; 5.4 Solid-Based Processes; 5.4.1 Fused Deposition Modelling; 5.4.2 Sheet Stacking Technologies; Acknowledgement
• Sommario/riassunto: Rapid Manufacturing is a new area of manufacturing developed from a family of technologies known as Rapid Prototyping. These processes have already had the effect of both improving products and reducing their development time; this in turn resulted in the development of the technology of Rapid Tooling, which implemented Rapid Prototyping techniques to improve its own processes. Rapid Manufacturing has developed as the next stage, in which the need for tooling is eliminated. It has been shown that it is economically feasible to use existing commercial Rapid Prototyping systems to manufacture se