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THIRD EDITION
Applications
Principles and
RAPID
PROTOTYPING
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RAPID
THIRD EDITION
PROTOTYPING
Principles and
Applications
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Soi Lin, for her patience and support and Qian who brings us cheers and joy.
Kah Fai
My wife, Eugenia and children, Lisa and Ian, for their support and
motivation.
Chu Sing
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CONTENTS
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
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Chapter 1. Introduction 1
1.1. Prototype Fundamentals 1
1.2. Historical Development 7
1.3. Fundamentals of Rapid Prototyping 10
1.4. Advantages of Rapid Prototyping 13
1.5. Commonly Used Terms 17
1.6. Classification of Rapid Prototyping Systems 18
References 21
Problems 22
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Contents ix
x Rapid Prototyping
Index 501
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FOREWORD
I was pleased to hear that co-authors Chua, Leong and Lim were planning
a third edition of their book on additive fabrication. A growing number of
colleges and universities are adding equipment, coursework and projects
to support coverage of the subject. Making the experience a good one for
students can be a challenge without quality textbooks and hands-on
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Thank you, Chua, Leong and Lim, for producing an outstanding book
and for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on it.
Terry Wohlers
President
Wohlers Associates, Inc.
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PREFACE
The focus on productivity has been one of the main concerns of industries
worldwide since the early 1990s. To increase productivity, industries have
attempted to apply more computerized automation in manufacturing.
Amongst the latest technologies to have significant stride over the past
two decades are the Rapid Prototyping Technologies, otherwise also
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Manufacturing Technologies.
The revolutionary change in factory production techniques and man-
agement requires a direct involvement of computer-controlled systems in
the entire production process. Every operation in this factory, from prod-
uct design, to manufacturing, to assembly and product inspection, is
monitored and controlled by computers. CAD–CAM or Computer-Aided
Design and Manufacturing has emerged since the 1960s to support prod-
uct design. Up to the mid-1980s, it has never been easy to derive a
physical prototype model, despite the existence of Computer Numerical
Controlled (CNC) Machine Tools. Rapid Prototyping Technologies pro-
vide the bridge from product conceptualisation to product realization in
a reasonably fast manner, without the fuss of NC programming, jigs and
fixtures.
With this exciting promise, the industry and academia have interna-
tionally established research centers for Rapid Prototyping (RP), with the
objectives of working in this leading edge technology, as well as of edu-
cating and training more engineers in the field of RP. An appropriate
textbook is therefore required as the basis for the development of a cur-
riculum in RP. The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to
the fundamental principles and application areas in RP. The book traces
the development of RP in the arena of Advanced Manufacturing
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The material in this book has been used for more than 40 times for profes-
sional courses conducted for both academia and industry audiences since
1991. Certain materials were borne out of research conducted in the School
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore. To be used more effectively for graduate or final
year (senior year) undergraduate students in Mechanical, Aerospace,
Production or Manufacturing Engineering, problems have been included in
this textbook. For university professors and other tertiary-level lecturers,
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the subject RP can be combined easily with other topics such as: CAD,
CAM, Machine Tool Technologies and Industrial Design.
Chua C. K.
Associate Professor
Leong K. F.
Associate Professor
Lim C. S.
Associate Professor
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First, we would like to thank God for granting us his strength throughout
the writing of this book. Second, we are especially grateful to our respec-
tive spouses, Wendy (Chua), Soi Lin (Leong) and Eugenia (Lim) and our
respective children, Cherie, Clement, Cavell (Chua); Qianyu (Leong); Lisa
and Ian (Lim) for their patience, support and encouragement throughout
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tions of the following companies for supplying and helping us with the
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Acknowledgments xix
We would also like to express our special gratitude to Cherie Chua who
has so painstakingly poured through our manuscript and help us polish the
language.
Last but not least, we also wish to express our thanks and apologies to
the many others not mentioned above for their suggestions, corrections and
contributions to the success of the previous editions of the book. We would
appreciate your comments and suggestions on this third edition book.
Chua C. K.
Associate Professor
Leong K. F.
Associate Professor
Lim C. S.
Associate Professor
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ducted RP courses more than 40 times for many companies. His research
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interests include the development of new techniques for RP, tissue engi-
neering scaffold design and fabrication, as well as their engineering and
manufacturing applications in industry. He was the keynote speaker for
conferences on “Trends of RP” and has sat on more than 10 programme
committees for international RP conferences. Dr. Chua sits on the
Editorial Advisory Board of Rapid Prototyping Journal, Journal of
Materials Processing Technology and International Journal of Advanced
Manufacturing Technology. He is also the co-editor-in-chief of the
Virtual and Physical Prototyping Journal. He is the author of over 210
publications, including books, book chapters, international journals and
conference proceedings and has one patent in his name. From his
research work, he has won many academic prizes and his publications
have been cited more than 1400 times based on Science Citation Index.
Dr. Chua can be contacted by email at mckchua@ntu.edu.sg.
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Standards Board, receiving Merit and Distinguished Awards for his serv-
ices in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He has delivered keynote papers at
several conferences in application of RP in biomedical science and tissue
engineering. He has authored over 110 publications, including books,
book chapters, international journals and conferences and has one patent
to his name. He has won several academic prizes and his publications
have been cited more than 1100 times based on the Science Citation Index.
Mr. Leong can be contacted by email at mkfleong@ntu.edu.sg.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
2D Two-dimensional
3D Three-dimensional
3DP Three-dimensional printing
ABS Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
ACSII American standard code for information interchange
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