1. Edition - November 2005
99.90 Euro
2005. 304 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-01613-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-01613-8 - John Wiley & Sons









Detailed description
Rapid Manufacturing is a new area of manufacturing developed from a family of technologies known as Rapid Prototyping. These processes have already had the effect of both improving products and reducing their development time; this in turn resulted in the development of the technology of Rapid Tooling, which implemented Rapid Prototyping techniques to improve its own processes. Rapid Manufacturing has developed as the next stage, in which the need for tooling is eliminated. It has been shown that it is economically feasible to use existing commercial Rapid Prototyping systems to manufacture series parts in quantities of up to 20,000 and customised parts in quantities of hundreds of thousands. This form of manufacturing can be incredibly cost-effective and the process is far more flexible than conventional manufacturing.

Rapid Manufacturing: An Industrial Revolution for the Digital Age addresses the academic fundamentals of Rapid Manufacturing as well as focussing on case studies and applications across a wide range of industry sectors. As a technology that allows manufacturers to create products without tools, it enables previously impossible geometries to be made. This book is abundant with images depicting the fantastic array of products that are now being commercially manufactured using these technologies.
* Includes contributions from leading researchers working at the forefront of industry.
* Features detailed illustrations throughout.

Rapid Manufacturing: An Industrial Revolution for the Digital Age is a groundbreaking text that provides excellent coverage of this fast emerging industry. It will interest manufacturing industry practitioners in research and development, product design and materials science, as well as having a theoretical appeal to researchers and post-graduate students in manufacturing engineering, product design, CAD/CAM and CIFM.

From the contents
List of Contributors.

Editors.

Foreword (Terry Wohlers).

1 Introduction to Rapid Manufacturing (Neil Hopkinson, Richard Hague and Phill Dickens).

2 Unlocking the Design Potential of Rapid Manufacturing (Richard Hague).

3 Customer Input and Customisation (R.I. Campbell).

4 CAD and Rapid Manufacturing (Rik Knoppers and Richard Hague).

5 Emerging Rapid Manufacturing Processes (Neil Hopkinson and Phill Dickens).

6 Materials Issues in Rapid Manufacturing (David L. Bourell).

7 Functionally Graded Materials (Poonjolai Erasenthiran and Valter Beal).

8 Materials and Process Control for Rapid Manufacture (Tim Gornet).

9 Production Economics of Rapid Manufacture (Neil Hopkinson).

10 Management and Implementation of Rapid Manufacturing (Chris Tuck and Richard Hague).

11 Medical Applications (Russ Harris and Monica Savalani).

12 Rapid Manufacturing in the Hearing Industry (Martin Masters, Therese Velde and Fred McBagonluri).

13 Automotive Applications (Graham Tromans).

14 Rapid Manufacture in the Aeronautical Industry (Brad Fox).

15 Aeronautical Case Studies using Rapid Manufacture (John Wooten).

16 Space Applications (Roger Spielman).

17 Additive Manufacturing Technologies for the Construction Industry (Rupert Soar).

18 Rapid Manufacture for the Retail Industry (Janne Kyttanen).

Index.