DocumentCode
1541248
Title
Crafting large prototypes
Author
Khoshnevis, Behrokh ; Russell, Richard ; Kwon, Hongkyu ; Bukkapatnam, Satish
Author_Institution
Dept. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
8
Issue
3
fYear
2001
fDate
9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
33
Lastpage
42
Abstract
Contour crafting utilizes computer-aided ancient sculpting techniques for fabrication of large components. The article presents the essentials of the contour crafting process, the status of research and development of the process, experiments with thermoplastics and ceramics materials, engineering analysis of certain aspects of the technology, and its potential application areas
Keywords
rapid prototyping (industrial); ceramics materials; computer-aided ancient sculpting techniques; contour crafting; engineering analysis; large prototypes; research and development; thermoplastics; Atmosphere; Curing; Fabrication; Moisture control; Performance evaluation; Protection; Prototypes; Robotics and automation; Temperature; Time measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1070-9932
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/100.956812
Filename
956812
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