Additive Manufacturing Technologies: 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Direct Digital Manufacturing (Paperback, 2, Softcover Repri)

Introduction and basic principles.- Development of AM technology.- Generalized AM process chain.- Photopolymerisation processes.- Powder bed fusion processes.- Extrusion based systems.- Printing processes.- Sheet lamination processes.- Beam deposition processes.- Direct write technologies.- Low-cost AM technologies.- Guidelines for process selection.- Post-processing.- Software issues for AM.- AM Standards.- Multiple materials in AM.- Direct Digital Manufacturing.- Design for AM.- Rapid tooling.- Medical applications for AM.- Aerospace applications for AM.- Automotive applications for AM.- Business opportunities and future directions.