Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 30 Issue 4

Improving the mechanical properties of laser powder bed fused AlSi10Mg alloys by eliminating the inevitable micro-voids via hot forging

Jie Wan, Biao Chen, Jianghua Shen, Katsuyoshi Kondoh, Shuiqing Liu, Jinshan Li

The metallic alloys and their components fabricated via laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) suffer from the microvoids formed inevitably due to the extreme solidification rate during…

Direct slicing of microcellular structures for digital light processing (DLP) additive manufacturing

Seo-Hyeon Oh, Keun Park

Additive Manufacturing (AM) conventionally necessitates an intermediary slicing procedure using the standard tessellation language (STL) data, which can be computationally…

Quasi-static compression and energy absorption behaviour of polymeric selective laser sintered open cell lattices under varying relative densities

Mohan Kumar K, Arumaikkannu G

The purpose of this paper is to compare the influence of relative density (RD) and strain rates on failure mechanism and specific energy absorption (SEA) of polyamide lattices…

Manufacturing-induced stochastic constitutive behaviors of additive manufactured specimens: testing, data-driven modeling, and optimization

Baixi Chen, Weining Mao, Yangsheng Lin, Wenqian Ma, Nan Hu

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is an extensively used additive manufacturing method with the capacity to build complex functional components. Due to the machinery and…

Understanding the consolidation mechanism of selective laser sintering/powder bed selective laser process of ceramics: Hydroxyapatite case

Asif Ur Rehman, Pedro Navarrete-Segado, Metin U. Salamci, Christine Frances, Mallorie Tourbin, David Grossin

The consolidation process and morphology evolution in ceramics-based additive manufacturing (AM) are still not well-understood. As a way to better understand the ceramic selective…

3D printing of personalised stents using new advanced photopolymerizable resins and Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Diana Irinel Baila, Filippo Sanfilippo, Tom Savu, Filip Górski, Ionut Cristian Radu, Catalin Zaharia, Constantina Anca Parau, Martin Zelenay, Pacurar Razvan

The development of new advanced materials, such as photopolymerizable resins for use in stereolithography (SLA) and Ti6Al4V manufacture via selective laser melting (SLM…

Induced alterations driven compromised structural properties in additively manufactured products

Lida Haghnegahdar, Sameehan S. Joshi, Rohith Yanambaka Venkata, Daniel A. Riley, Narendra B. Dahotre

Additive manufacturing also known as 3D printing is an evolving advanced manufacturing technology critical for the new era of complex machinery and operating systems…

Fabrication of crack-free aluminum alloy 6061 parts using laser foil printing process

Yu-Xiang Wang, Chia-Hung Hung, Hans Pommerenke, Sung-Heng Wu, Tsai-Yun Liu

This paper aims to present the fabrication of 6061 aluminum alloy (AA6061) using a promising laser additive manufacturing process, called the laser-foil-printing (LFP) process…

Deep learning assisted fabrication of metallic components using the robotic wire arc additive manufacturing

Pingyang Zheng, Shaohua Han, Dingqi Xue, Ling Fu, Bifeng Jiang

Because of the advantages of high deposition efficiency and low manufacturing cost compared with other additive technologies, robotic wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM…

SCOBY: an alternate solution to develop cheap and nutritious food by food layered manufacturing (FLM)

Rahul Soni, Madhvi Sharma, Ponappa K., Puneet Tandon

In pursuit of affordable and nutrient-rich food alternatives, the symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY) emerged as a selected food ink for 3D printing. The purpose of…

Enhanced fracture toughness and tensile strength of 3D printed recycled ABS composites reinforced with continuous metallic fiber for load-bearing application

Vishal Mishra, Ch Kapil Ror, Sushant Negi, Simanchal Kar

This study aims to present an experimental approach to develop a high-strength 3D-printed recycled polymer composite reinforced with continuous metal fiber.

Compressive properties of AlSi10Mg lattice structures with novel BCCZZ and FCCZZ configurations fabricated by selective laser melting

Hubannur Seremet, Nazim Babacan

This paper aims to examine the static compression characteristics of cell topologies in body-centered cubic with vertical struts (BCCZ) and face-centered cubic with vertical…

Design and analysis of solid ankle foot orthosis by employing mechanical characterization and a low-cost scanning approach for additive manufacturing

Muhammad Abas, Tufail Habib, Sahar Noor

This study aims to investigate the fabrication of solid ankle foot orthoses (SAFOs) using fused deposition modeling (FDM) printing technology. It emphasizes cost-effective 3D…

Multiscale characterization of additively manufactured PMMA: the influence of sterilization

Celia Rufo-Martín, Ramiro Mantecón, Geroge Youssef, Henar Miguelez, Jose Díaz-Álvarez

Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is a remarkable biocompatible material for bone cement and regeneration. It is also considered 3D printable but requires in-depth…

Research and implementation of large-area sintering technology based on image-shaped laser

Yifan Guo, Yanling Guo, Jian Li, Yangwei Wang, Deyu Meng, Haoyu Zhang, Jiaming Dai

Selective laser sintering (SLS) is an essential technology in the field of additive manufacturing. However, SLS technology is limited by the traditional point-laser sintering…