Purpose The purpose of this study is to highlight the direct fabrication of rapid tooling (RT)
with desired mechanical, tribological and thermal properties using fused deposition …

To meet current demands, it is vital to blend new production technology with traditional
ways. Additive manufacturing, often known as 3-Dimensional printing, is a rapidly expanding …

Direct rapid investment casting integrates additive manufacturing (AM) technology into
conventional investment casting. This approach addresses the challenge of high lead time …

The continuation from rapid prototyping into rapid tooling technologies allows speedy
fabrication of sacrificial patterns for investment casting process. Direct expendable pattern …

The term direct investment casting represents the employment of pattern fabricated by rapid
prototyping technique have been reduce the cost and production lead time. The non-wax …

Fused deposition modeling process can be used to make complex plastic parts directly from
the three dimensional CAD drawings without any requirement of tooling. For low volume …

Manufacturers are increasingly substituting additive manufacturing for conventional
manufacturing methods due to their ability to produce complex shapes. Polymer-based …

Rapid Prototyping (RP) technology has proven its capability to produce complex parts with
shorter lead time. This advantage could benefit tremendously in application such as the …

The emergence of rapid prototyping techniques revolutionized the modern industry by
producing parts having complex shapes and meeting fast-changing customers' …

Investment casting is a popular method of converting wax or polymer patterns into metal
objects. For low-volumes these patterns can be manufactured using additive manufacturing …