Ebook: User's Guide to Rapid Prototyping

This book will help designers, engineers, executive management, and others in the company understand how to apply rapid prototyping technologies such as 3D printing, stereolithography, selective laser sintering, and fused deposition modeling to the product development process. Intertwined with rapid prototyping, the processes of rapid tooling and rapid manufacturing are also discussed.
Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. The Rapid Prototyping Process
4. Classes of Rapid Prototyping Systems
5. Applications and Benefits
6. Rapid Prototyping versus CNC Machining
7. Rapid Prototyping Technologies
8. Developing a Justification
9. Evaluation and Implementation
10. Rapid Tooling and Rapid Manufacturing
11. Moving Forward
Appendices
Index