Difference between revisions of "Talk:Additive manufacturing"

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[http://www.mcp-group.com/rpt/rpttslm.html Selective laser melting]
 
[http://www.mcp-group.com/rpt/rpttslm.html Selective laser melting]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrWHwHuWrzk EBF3]
  
 
Change title to additive fabrication / 3D printing?
 
Change title to additive fabrication / 3D printing?
  
uPrint - low cost, functional and robust ABS items
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sintered sand for moulds, also direct metal tooling fabrication
  
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Bioprinter: [http://www.rdmag.com/New-To-Market/2009/12/New-to-Market-First-commercial-3-D-bio-printer-makes-human-tissue-and-organs/] & [http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15543683]
  
== Additive fabrication advantages ==
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Ability to incorporate components during build
  
Continuously varying material - Objet has already
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July 2011: Small aircraft made entirely on a laser sintering machine can fly at 100mph [http://www.kurzweilai.net/worlds-first-printed-aircraft]
  
Colour (Z-Corp)
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== Additive fabrication advantages ==
 
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*Continuously varying material - Objet has already
Geometry impossible using any other process.
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*Colour (Z-Corp)
 
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*Geometry impossible using any other process.
3D internal patterning
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*3D internal patterning
 
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*True multimaterial (to come)
True multimaterial (to come)
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*Complex objects can be made as cheaply as simple ones
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*No labour

Latest revision as of 18:19, 8 July 2012

This 'discussion page' is currently used to hold notes for the development of this website (however it can still be used for discussion)

Image of rapid prototyped parts

Rapid prototyped moulds and tooling

Sintered metal parts

Selective laser melting (fully dense metal) - http://www.mcp-group.com/rpt/rpttslm.html

http://www.rapidprototypinghomepage.com

Desktop factory

Selective laser melting

EBF3

Change title to additive fabrication / 3D printing?

sintered sand for moulds, also direct metal tooling fabrication

Bioprinter: [1] & [2]

Ability to incorporate components during build

July 2011: Small aircraft made entirely on a laser sintering machine can fly at 100mph [3]

Additive fabrication advantages

  • Continuously varying material - Objet has already
  • Colour (Z-Corp)
  • Geometry impossible using any other process.
  • 3D internal patterning
  • True multimaterial (to come)
  • Complex objects can be made as cheaply as simple ones
  • No labour