Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling

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Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling

• Chapter 10 Page 610 Section 10.12 Only

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Presentation Outline

• Overview of Rapid Prototyping
• Conclusion

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Applications of RP

• Visualization
• Product verification - test for functionality
• Iterative product development
• Optimization
• Fabrication or manufacture
• Medical and Bioengineering

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RPT v/s Conventional Methods
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Rapid Prototyping

• physical modeling of a
• new design early in the
• product design process
• Additive process
• Also called solid free-
• form fabrication and
• desktop manufacturing

3D CAD Model
Translation to STL File
Slicing of STL File
Bottom Up Construction (layer by layer)
Part Removal
Post Processing
Finished Model
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Convert CAD to .stl
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Laminated Object Manufacturing
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RP Techniques - Stereolithography

• First commercial RP machine
• Developed by Charles Hull in late 1980s

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RP Techniques - Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
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Solid Ground Curing
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Solid Ground Curing
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3D Printing/Plotting
3d plotting Mechanism
Sanders Mould Maker
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Resources

• http//www.cc.utah.edu/asn8200/rapid.html
• Some companies
• Stereolithography and Selective Laser Sintering
  by 3D Systems, Inc. of Valencia, California.
• Solid Imager Stereolithography by Aaroflex, Inc.
  of Fairfax, Virginia.
• Solid Ground Curing by Cubital of Raanana, Israel
• Paper Lamination Technology by KIRA Corporation
  of Aichi, Japan.
• Laminated Object Manufacturing by Cubic
  Technologies Inc. of Carson, California.
• Fused Deposition Modeling by Stratasys, Inc. of
  Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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Applications
Medical
Manufacturing