Additive Manufacturing (AM) has shown considerable promise for the future but also proposes some challenges. Many AM barriers tend to be non-technical and instead are humancentric issues such as lack of education of ...

Textile structures realised by Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques have received increasing attention during the previous decade. Due to their potential to significantly improve upon both the geometric complexity and ...

An aluminum 3003 H-18 block was built using ultrasonic additive manufacturing with process parameters which optimize mechanical strength. Transverse tensile fatigue tests were conducted on samples cut from the block and ...

In this work, Polyamide12 (PA12) and Carbon nanotube (CNT) added PA12-CNT nanocomposites were laser sintered and investigated. The powder morphology and CNT dispersion of the PA12-CNT were examined. Laser sintering process ...

The paraphrase of John F Kennedy’s famous words is for 2 purposes. Firstly it is to acknowledge that there are some people who have considered that it is a major part of their life’s work to promote Additive Manufacturing ...

There has been and continues to be a considerable effort regarding education for Additive Manufacturing (AM) in the UK. This generally started in 1992 with a seminar organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ...

Beginning in 1992, China began to conduct research on additive manufacturing (AM) (i.e., rapid prototyping manufacturing or solid freeform fabrication). These studies included three main areas: processes, equipment, and ...

One application of additive manufacturing is for fabrication of customized, light-weight material called Conformal Lattice Structures (CLS), a type of cellular structure with dimensions of 0.1 to 10 mm. In this paper, ...

This research involves the development of rapid manufacturing for bone implants using human allograft bone in a Subtractive Rapid Prototyping process. Using CT-derived CAD models of missing bone due to high energy trauma ...

Cellular materials offer high strength accompanied by low-density and can offer high stiffness, good impact-absorption, and thermal and acoustic insulation. In this paper, the authors describe their progress towards ...