... of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Layered manufacturing Rapid prototyping Surface texture Additive manufacturing Computational methods Mesh processing Solid texturing Detail resolution Texture The high geometric complexity allowed...

... impossible to make with conventional production techniques. Surface roughness Solid freeform fabrication Rapid manufacturing Layered manufacturing Surface texture Metallurgy The surface quality of the parts manufactured by SLM and then exposed to LSR exhibited a significant improvement...

... design of a part and its actual fabrication. In recent years laser based SFF processes such as selective laser melting (SLM) has been shown to be a viable and promising technology for the production of fully functional metal parts. Surface texture Surface‐roughness measurement SLM...

... at: david.rosen@me.gatech.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Design for assembly Process planning Surface texture Approximation theory Rapid prototypes Stereolithography (SL) is a layered rapid prototyping process in which an ultraviolet laser is used to selectively cure a vat...

... into account at each new part built. These parameters are divided in two categories; LOM process parameters and part geometry parameters. These are summarised in Tables I and II , respectively. Surface texture Taguchi methods Optimization techniques Modelling In the LOM process (Figure 1...

... a layer are in the following: Rapid prototypes Colour Surface texture Computer software Surface coloured models are those coloured only on their surfaces, such as models used for assembly inspections, building models, and jewellery models. Compared with a mono colour model, a coloured...

... surface and 0.5 mm in height. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Modelling Surface properties of materials Surface texture Meshes Prototypes Rapid prototypes can be of invaluable help in testing aesthetic, functional and engineering performances of a product during its...

... direction is required. Resolution and accuracy of LS parts are not as good as their SL counterparts. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Rapid prototypes Lasers Sintering Surface texture Rapid prototyping (RP) is the collective name for a set of different technologies...

.... The advantage of the marching algorithm is that the intersection points are always calculated in the correct sequence. In addition, shape and orientation of any contour can be obtained by joining the points in order. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Rapid prototypes Surface texture Laminates...