Additive Manufacturing Technologies : 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Direct Digital Manufacturing /
Gibson, Ian
Additive Manufacturing Technologies : 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Direct Digital Manufacturing / Ian Gibson, David Rosen, and Brent Stucker - 2nd ed. - New York, USA : Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015. - xxi, 509 p. : ill. (col.), online resource.
Additive Manufacturing is defined by a range of technologies that are capable of translating virtual solid model data into physical models in a quick and easy process. The data are broken down into a series of 2D cross-sections of a finite thickness. These cross-sections are fed into AM machines so that they can be combined, adding them together in a layer-by-layer sequence to form the physical part. The geometry of the part is therefore clearly reproduced in the AM machine without having to adjust for manufacturing processes, like attention to tooling, undercuts, draft angles, or other features. We can say therefore that the AM machine is a What You See Is What You Build (WYSIWYB) process that is particularly valuable the more complex the geometry is. This basic principle drives nearly all AM machines, with variations in each technology in terms of the techniques used for creating layers and in bonding them together. Further variations include speed, layer thickness, range of materials, accuracy, and of course cost. With so many variables, it is clear to see why this book must be so long and detailed. Having said that, we still feel there is much more we could have written about.
Includes bibliographical references, erratum, and index.
9781493921133
2014953293
Manufacturing processes
Additive manufacturing
Production processes
TS 183.25 / .2015 G53
Additive Manufacturing Technologies : 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Direct Digital Manufacturing / Ian Gibson, David Rosen, and Brent Stucker - 2nd ed. - New York, USA : Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015. - xxi, 509 p. : ill. (col.), online resource.
Additive Manufacturing is defined by a range of technologies that are capable of translating virtual solid model data into physical models in a quick and easy process. The data are broken down into a series of 2D cross-sections of a finite thickness. These cross-sections are fed into AM machines so that they can be combined, adding them together in a layer-by-layer sequence to form the physical part. The geometry of the part is therefore clearly reproduced in the AM machine without having to adjust for manufacturing processes, like attention to tooling, undercuts, draft angles, or other features. We can say therefore that the AM machine is a What You See Is What You Build (WYSIWYB) process that is particularly valuable the more complex the geometry is. This basic principle drives nearly all AM machines, with variations in each technology in terms of the techniques used for creating layers and in bonding them together. Further variations include speed, layer thickness, range of materials, accuracy, and of course cost. With so many variables, it is clear to see why this book must be so long and detailed. Having said that, we still feel there is much more we could have written about.
Includes bibliographical references, erratum, and index.
9781493921133
2014953293
Manufacturing processes
Additive manufacturing
Production processes
TS 183.25 / .2015 G53