Difference between revisions of "Additive manufacturing"

Rapid prototyping machines are like three dimmensional printers that turn CAD designs into solid objects, by building up extremely thin cross-sectional layers one on top of the other. Currently they are used mostly in industry to create accurate parts for developmental designs and prototypes. But they are increasingly being used in short manufacturing runs and is known in this circumstance as rapid manufacturing. These techniques are known as solid freeform fabrication.

There are various types

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RepRap

RepRap 0.1 prototype (created by Vik Olliver)

RepRap 0.1 building an object

RepRap is rather special. The name is short for replicating rapid prototyper. It is a project started at the University of Bath, UK by Dr. Adrian Bowyer,a Senior Lecturer in mechanical engineering.

The idea is to create

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap_Project