Fused Deposition Modeling: Technology, Applications, and Developments

This book covers fused deposition modeling (FDM) from its fundamentals to research advances including developments in FDM machines, development of polymer materials, novel applications, process modeling, simulation, and optimization backed by case studies and research results.

It explains the effect of important FDM parameters on part quality, appropriate methods for testing and characterization of FDM-fabricated parts, FDM of composite materials, process monitoring and control. It also covers applications of FDM process in automobile, aerospace, biomedical, pharmaceutical, and tissue engineering.

Key features:

• Provides all the necessary fundamental details and advancements in FDM
• Details novel ways of fabrication of complex and intrinsic parts by using different types of plastics and polymer materials
• Covers fabrication of miniature devices by FDM
• Discusses finite element analysis, modeling, optimization, and sustainability rating, for FDM
• Includes monitoring and control, intelligent processing, and application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-based part fabrication

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in materials science and manufacturing.

Anshuman Kumar Sahu is a post-doctoral researcher at IDMEC, IST, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. His areas of research are additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping and rapid tooling, non-traditional machining, powder metallurgy, and optimization of manufacturing processes. He is presently working on Lean and Green Manufacturing in Industry 4.0.

Siba Sankar Mahapatra is working as a professor (HAG) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. He has more than 30 years of experience in research and teaching. He has published 300 research articles in reputed peer-reviewed international journals. His h-index in Google scholar is 62 with more than 16,068 citations. He has three Indian patents. He has authored four books. His academic interest includes rapid prototyping, non-traditional machining, modeling and simulation. He is busy carrying out many projects with national and international partners on additive manufacturing, modern machining, and manufacturing optimization.