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Oriented towards the practitioner, this book presents a clear overview of additive manufacturing, going from the basics to the properties and special aspects of industrially available machines. From the generation of data to the forming method, the complete process chain is shown in a practical light. In particular, the following additive manufacturing technologies are discussed extensively:
- Polymerization (e.g., stereolithography)
- Sintering and melting (e.g., laser sintering)
- Layer laminate method (e.g., laminated object manufacturing, LOM)
- Extrusion (e.g., fused deposition modeling, FDM)
- 3D printing
Applications for the production of models and prototypes (rapid prototyping), tools, tool inserts, and forms (rapid tooling) as well as end products (rapid manufacturing) are covered in detailed chapters with examples. Questions of efficiency are discussed from a strategic point of view, and also from an operational perspective.
This book was written to support product developers and people responsible for production who face the challenges of implementing additive manufacturing not just for prototypes or one-off parts, but for its increaingly important application in direct production of finished products. The method not only reduces the demands on industrial infrastructure, but also opens up new perspectives in terms of decentralized production and customer inclusive individualized production (customization, cyberproduction).
About the author
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Gebhardt is, since 2000, professor of high-performance manufacturing processes and rapid prototyping at Aachen University of Applied Sciences.
Summary
Oriented towards the practitioner, in this book the basics of additive manufacturing are presented and the properties and special aspects of industrially available machines are discussed. From the generation of data to the forming method, the complete process chain is shown in a practical light.
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"Dieses Buch ist DAS grundlegende Standardwerk für alle generativen Verfahren. Jeder, der sich mit diesen Themen auseinandersetzt, sei er Fertigungstechniker, Produktentwickler, Studierender oder "alter Hase", muss dies oder das deutschsprachige Pendant in Griffweite stehen haben." Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Bonten und Linda Goebel, M.Sc., Kunststoffe 1/2017
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"Dieses Buch ist DAS grundlegende Standardwerk für alle generativen Verfahren. Jeder, der sich mit diesen Themen auseinandersetzt, sei er Fertigungstechniker, Produktentwickler, Studierender oder "alter Hase", muss dies oder das deutschsprachige Pendant in Griffweite stehen haben." Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Bonten und Linda Goebel, M.Sc., Kunststoffe 1/2017
