Innovation pathways in additive manufacturing: Methods for tracing emerging and branching paths from rapid prototyping to alternative applications

Rapid Prototyping Methods to Develop Applications for Seniors

This paper presents a case study of rapid prototyping for iterative prototype design and formative evaluation of computer interfaces for the development of applications for seniors. A combination of three different tools was used -paper sketches, MS-PowerPoint, and Macromedia Flash. Each tool was used for different phases and roles in the prototyping process. Macromedia Flash served as the main...

“ Additive Manufacturing Technologies : 3 D Printing , Rapid Prototyping , and Direct Digital Manufacturing ” , 2 nd Edition

“Additive Manufacturing Technologies: 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Direct Digital Manufacturing” is authored by Ian Gibson, David Rosen and Brent Stucker, who collectively possess 60 years’ experience in the fi eld of additive manufacturing (AM). This is the second edition of the book which aims to include current developments and innovations in a rapidly changing fi eld. Its primary aim...

Rapid Prototyping - Rapid Tooling - Rapid Manufacturing

Using BPMN and Tracing for Rapid Business Process Prototyping Environments

Business Process (BP) analysis aims to investigate properties of BPs by performing simulation, diagnosis and verification with the goal of supporting BP Management (BPM). In this paper, we propose a framework for BPM that relies on the BP Modeling Notation (BPMN). More specifically, we first introduce a method to deal with the BPM life cycle. Then, we discuss a platform to support this life cyc...

New-emerging approach for fabrication of near net shape aluminum matrix composites/nanocomposites: Ultrasonic additive manufacturing

Recently, high-performance lightweight materials with outstanding mechanical properties have opened up their way to some sophisticated industrial applications. As one of these systems, aluminum matrix composites/nanocomposites (AMCs) offer an outstanding combination of relative density, hardness, wear resistance, and mechanical strength. Until now, several additive manufacturing methods have be...