A review of multiple degrees of freedom for additive manufacturing machines

J Jiang, ST Newman, RY Zhong - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Currently, additive manufacturing (AM) technology has received significant attention from
both academia and industry. AM is characterized by fabricating geometrically complex …

From 3D models to 3D prints: an overview of the processing pipeline

M Livesu, S Ellero, J Martínez… - Computer Graphics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the wide diffusion of 3D printing technologies, geometric algorithms for Additive
Manufacturing are being invented at an impressive speed. Each single step along the …

Reinforced FDM: Multi-axis filament alignment with controlled anisotropic strength

G Fang, T Zhang, S Zhong, X Chen, Z Zhong… - ACM Transactions on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The anisotropy of mechanical strength on a 3D printed model can be controlled in a multi-
axis 3D printing system as materials can be accumulated along dynamically varied …

Support-free volume printing by multi-axis motion

C Dai, CCL Wang, C Wu, S Lefebvre, G Fang… - ACM Transactions on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents a new method to fabricate 3D models on a robotic printing system
equipped with multi-axis motion. Materials are accumulated inside the volume along curved …

RoMA: Interactive fabrication with augmented reality and a robotic 3D printer

H Peng, J Briggs, CY Wang, K Guo, J Kider… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
We present the Robotic Modeling Assistant (RoMA), an interactive fabrication system
providing a fast, precise, hands-on and in-situ modeling experience. As a designer creates a …

Design and optimization of conforming lattice structures

J Wu, W Wang, X Gao - IEEE transactions on visualization and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inspired by natural cellular materials such as trabecular bone, lattice structures have been
developed as a new type of lightweight material. In this paper we present a novel method to …

Personal fabrication

P Baudisch, S Mueller - Foundations and Trends® in Human …, 2017 - nowpublishers.com
While fabrication technologies have been in use in industry for several decades, expiring
patents have recently allowed the technology to spill over to technology-enthusiastic …

S3-Slicer: A General Slicing Framework for Multi-Axis 3D Printing

T Zhang, G Fang, Y Huang, N Dutta… - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Multi-axis motion introduces more degrees of freedom into the process of 3D printing to
enable different objectives of fabrication by accumulating materials layers upon curved …

Advances in fused deposition modeling of discontinuous fiber/polymer composites

C Hu, QH Qin - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is one of the most widely utilized additive manufacturing
techniques by virtue of its numerous merits, such as easy operation, low cost, low energy …

CurviSlicer: Slightly curved slicing for 3-axis printers

J Etienne, N Ray, D Panozzo, S Hornus… - ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Most additive manufacturing processes fabricate objects by stacking planar layers of
solidified material. As a result, produced parts exhibit a so-called staircase effect, which …