Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing (Hardcover)

and Basic Principles.- Development of Additive Manufacturing Technology.- Generalized Additive Manufacturing Process Chain.- Photopolymerization Processes.- Powder Bed Fusion Processes.- Extrusion-Based Systems.- Printing Processes.- Sheet Lamination Processes.- Beam Deposition Processes.- Direct Write Technologies.- Design for Additive Manufacturing.- Guidelines for Process Selection.- Software Issues for Additive Manufacturing.- Direct Digital Manufacturing.- Medical Applications for Additive Manufacture.- Post-Processing.- The Use of Multiple Materials in Additive Manufacturing.- Business Opportunities and Future Directions.