Patient-specific Intervertebral Disc Implants using Rapid Manufacturing...
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View ArticleStudy of the inter-particle necks in Selective Laser Sintering
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View ArticleUsing Variable Beam Spot Scanning to Improve the Efficiency of...
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View ArticleTHE CORROSIVE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL SALIVA ON CAST AND RAPID...
AbstractPurpose - Rapid manufacture-produced cobalt chromium alloys are beginning to be used in dentistry but there are few published results relating to their properties. This study determined the...
View ArticleFatigue performance of Additive Manufactured metallic Parts
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View ArticleMETHOD TO OBTAIN HYBRID RAPID TOOLS WITH ELEMENTARY COMPONENT ASSEMBLY
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View ArticleTemplate-based Framework for Nasal Prosthesis Fabrication
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View ArticleWeibull Growth Modeling of Laser-Sintered Nylon 12
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View ArticleFatigue Analysis of FDM Materials
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View ArticleHigh temperature material properties of IN738LC processed by Selective Laser...
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View ArticleEfficient Three Dimensional Modelling of Additive Manufactured Textiles
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View ArticleRegulating Complex Geometries Using Layered Depth-Normal Images for Rapid...
AbstractPurpose - Most layer-based rapid prototyping systems use polygonal models as input. In addition, the input polygonal models need to be manifold and water-tight; otherwise the built objects may...
View Article3D roughness profile model in Fused Deposition Modelling
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View ArticleNovel polymeric support materials for jetting based additive manufacturing...
AbstractPurpose - Jetting based additive manufacturing processes are gaining attention due to their high speed of operation, accuracy and resolution. Support material plays an important role in the...
View ArticlePrototype Production and Experimental Analysis for Circular and Profiled...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to present a technique of fabricating Profiled Conformal Cooling Channels (PCCC) in an Aluminium filled epoxy mould using Rapid Prototyping (RP) and Rapid...
View ArticleEditorial for issue 19.4
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View ArticleWeibull growth modeling of laser-sintered nylon 12
AbstractPurpose– This paper seeks to present the results of an experiment to investigate the effect of six part orientation (XY, XZ, YX, YZ, ZY, ZX) and a wide range of energy densities on ultimate...
View ArticleFatigue analysis of FDM materials
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to determine the effects of fatigue on fused deposition modeling rapid prototyped acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) materials....
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