Additive Manufacturing Technologies: 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Direct Digital Manufacturing

by Ian Gibson, David Rosen, Brent Stucker

This book covers in detail the various aspects of joining materials to form parts. A conceptual overview of rapid prototyping and layered manufacturing is given,  beginning with the fundamentals so that readers can get up to speed quickly. Unusual and emerging applications such as micro-scale manufacturing, medical applications, aerospace, and rapid manufacturing are also discussed. This book provides a comprehensive overview of rapid prototyping technologies as well as support technologies such as software systems, vacuum casting, investment casting, plating, infiltration and other systems. This book Reflects recent developments and trends and adheres to the ASTM, SI, and other standards Includes chapters on automotive technology, aerospace technology and low-cost AM technologies Provides a broad range of technical questions to ensure comprehensive understanding of the concepts covered  

519 pages, Hardcover

First published November 26, 2014

About the author

Ian Gibson (born April 7, 1963) is a Professor of Design Engineering at the University of Twente. Gibson was selected as the scientific director of Fraunhofer Project Center at the University of Twente and is a recipient of lifetime achievement award, the Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Award. His main areas of research are in at the additive manufacturing, multi-material systems, micro-RP, Rapid Prototyping, Medical Modelling and tissue engineering.

Gibson is also an editor at the Rapid Prototyping Journal and a visiting professor at Deakin University. He has co-authored over 240 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.

Reviews

[Jonathan Jeckell · Rating 4 out of 5]

For being written in 2015, it had some topics I thought were more recently discovered. I was also pleasantly surprised to see the diversity of topics, to include bioprinting. There were a few other things I was pleasantly surprised to find, such as 3D printing devices on multi-access arms that can touch up sides or print things on irregular shaped objects, and not just limited to printing layers in an x-y plane. It also provided a lot of food for thought on material properties of various additive manufacturing processes.