3D PRINTING AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS (WITH COMPANION MEDIA PACK) - FOURTH EDITION OF RAPID PROTOTYPING

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814571415 ISBN 13: 9789814571418

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2014

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (AM) has revolutionised how prototypes are made and small batch manufacturing carried out. With additive manufacturing, the strategies used to produce a part change a number of important considerations and limitations previously faced by tool designers and engineers.This textbook is the fourth edition of Rapid Prototyping: Principles and Applications. It covers the key AM processes, the available models and specifications, and their principles, materials, advantages and disadvantages. Examples of application areas in design, planning, manufacturing, biomedical engineering, entertainment, weaponry, art and architecture are also given. The book includes several related problems for the reader to test his or her understanding of the topics. This edition comes with a companion media pack that presents animated illustrations of the working principles of today's key AM processes.

Review:

"This is the most comprehensive and relevant textbook in the field of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. Whenever I teach subjects related to rapid product development I use this book as a reference. My students appreciate the easy way the information is introduced very much. This is an excellent book for both undergraduate and postgraduate students." -- Paulo Jorge Bartolo, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal

"This book has now become a standard textbook all over the world. It's a 'must-have' for students and practitioners in this exciting area." -- Bopaya Bidanda, University of Pittsburgh

"Whenever I start my students off on a project that involves 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (AM), and they say 'what is AM?', this is the book I give them to read. This book is an excellent introduction to AM." -- Dr Ian Gibson, Co-Editor of Rapid Prototyping Journal, MCB Press, UK and Advisor, Global Alliance of Rapid Prototyping Associations (GARPA)