DocumentCode
1449538
Title
Solid ideas [rapid prototyping]
Author
Pham ; Gault
Author_Institution
Cardiff Rapid Prototyping Centre, Univ. Coll. of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Volume
75
Issue
5
fYear
1996
fDate
10/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
239
Lastpage
243
Abstract
Rapid prototyping is fast becoming one of the essential technologies that allows manufacturers to improve product quality and reduce both time to market and the cost of new lines, as part of a concurrent engineering strategy. RP technologies can be virtual (soft/CAD-based) or physical (hard). Physical RP allows designers to build tangible models of their designs quickly and cheaply. This encourages experimentation, and flags errors in the fit or assembly of the part. This article looks at the existing physical rapid prototyping technologies
Keywords
CAD/CAM; computer integrated manufacturing; engineering graphics; product development; solid modelling; CAD/CAM; concurrent engineering; cost reduction; part assembly; product quality; rapid prototyping; solid modelling; time to market;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Manufacturing Engineer
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0956-9944
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/me:19960514
Filename
543734
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