New enabling technology for concurrent engineering: rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RPM)

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianguo Wang ◽  
Yongnian Yan
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Enabling Technology ◽  
Rapid Prototyping And Manufacturing

Application of RPM in the Design and Manufacture of Mobile Front Cover

2014 ◽  
Vol 697 ◽  
pp. 306-309
Author(s):  
Feng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Selective Laser Sintering ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Front Cover ◽  
Market Competitiveness ◽  
Rapid Prototyping And Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Techniques

Typical molding methods-Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) were presented on the basis of principle, formation, development of RPM(Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing). Take mobile front cover as the example, the process of making sample used the method of SLS was introduced.RPM technology for rapid product development model, not only can improve the design quality and shorten the trial period, and can be modified at any time by CAD and re-validation, which has strong market competitiveness. RPM is a multi-disciplinary in a modern manufacturing techniques, will be more widely used in areas such as new product development. In short, rapid prototyping technology will be developed into a kind of technology can be adopted widely in enterprise, bring huge economic benefits to the enterprise and society.

Medical Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing: Status and Outlook

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peristera Alabey ◽  
Menelaos Pappas ◽  
John Kechagias ◽  
Stergios Maropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
3D Cad ◽  
Facial Surgery ◽  
Real Size ◽  
Rapid Prototyping And Manufacturing ◽  
Scan Data ◽  
Market Needs ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri

Rapid Prototyping (RP) has been considered, over the last decades, as a highly promising technology for reducing product development time and cost, as well as for addressing the need for customization and faster response to the market needs. Nowadays this technology is also used widely in medical applications (Medical Rapid Prototyping – MRP), supporting diagnosis and treatment in Neurosurgery, Orthopedic and Dental-Cranio-Maxillo-Facial surgery as well as in Tissue Engineering. The scan data that are usually obtained by Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are used to build a 3D CAD model of the patient’s pathological region. The 3D model is used to construct the real size prototype using one of the existing RP processes. This assists surgeons in gaining a detailed insight of the problem, making the diagnosis and treatment easier and more reliable. This study presents the current benefits and barriers of Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing methods and applications in the field of medicine. Most of the recent state-of-art developments and case studies of MRP are presented. Their limitations are discussed along with the challenges to be addressed in the future.

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