Rapid prototyping and rapid tooling—the key enablers for rapid manufacturing

Rapid Prototyping - Rapid Tooling - Rapid Manufacturing

Rapid-Prototyping of Rapid-Prototyping Machines

Fostering the spread of inexpensive, sustainable manufacturing processes and equipment empowers individuals and societies to create products which solve their particular challenges. We intend to advance that idea to its next logical step, offering not just the means of production, but also the mechanisms by which this empowerment can propagate and evolve. By creating rapid-prototyping machines ...

Rapid Prototyping of Rapid Prototyping Machines

Rapid prototyping tools empower individuals to create almost anything. Unfortunately, these tools are still far too expensive for personal ownership. The do-it-yourself community has responded with a slew of home-made rapid prototyping machines, but development times are slow because of the complexity of the necessary control system and the need to design the mechanical elements from scratch. T...

Study on multifunctional rapid prototyping manufacturing system

Yongnian Yan School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Renji Zhang School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Qingping Lu School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Zhaohui Du School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Rep...

Geometric Tailoring: A Design for Manufacturing Method for Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling

The goal of fabricating functional prototypes quickly is hindered by a mismatch of material properties between production materials and those used in rapid prototyping (RP) machines, such as stereolithography. Even when rapid tooling (RT) technologies are utilized for injection molded parts, differences in mold materials cause differences in molded part properties. To compensate for these mater...