Additive manufacturing

Highlights: These two units were of much interest and easy to find some highlights as they are entertainment mediums of art. A highlight in unit nine, in the reading by Khan Academy, states where photography first came about. How a vintage black and white with unsmiling people can be a beautiful piece of art and indeed it is. In the 19th century, the first “camera” or camera obscura came about. Which is a small hole in a darkened box that projected the image upside down. Since then this art or science

Using Deep Learning to Predict Distortion in Additive Manufacturing Objective: Develop a deep learning (DL) approach that incorporates the thermal history and physical parameters of an additively manufactured part to predict distortion for any part geometry. Overview: On many roadmaps for Additive Manufacturing (AM), repeatability is listed as a challenge that must be overcome before the commercialization of AM [1]. Recently, researchers have tried to optimize the design of AM parts through Finite

The development of 3D printing is changing our traditional perception of manufacturing. Three-dimensional printing or additive manufacturing (AM) is not a new concept. It has been used in various industries for many years. The inception of 3D printing began in 1976, when the inkjet printer was invented. Changes and adaptations to the inkjet model of printing in the mid 1980’s allowed the technology to advance from printing with ink to printing with materials. 3D printing uses computer-generated

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: ARMY PRODUCTION INTRODUCTION The Economist (2012) titled its article about 3D printing as ‘The Third Industrial Revolution’, implying that 3D technology has a potential to do so. Will it really be happen? The answer remains to be seen, but considering the capabilities of 3D technology, it seems absolute. When we look back to history, wheel, steam engine, and light bulb were all breakthroughs that shaped the way societies lived. In the 21th century, 3D printing is the biggest

dimensional (3D) printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is taking the world by storm and is said to be “the next big thing”, the next revolution, or as big as the Internet. President Barack Obama stated in his 2013 State of the Union address that 3D printing has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost anything (Gross, 2013). However, will 3D printing have a positive effect on the future of our society looking at the effects on the manufacturing businesses, healthcare, and consumer

modern day households. The possibilities of 3D printing are extremely captivating, making this one of the most exciting innovations in recent times. 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, makes three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model or command. To picture how this process works, 3D printers use an additive process, where adding layers of a successive material creates an object. Traditional machines, however, uses a subtractive process by

3D Printing is a unique kind of printing system, which takes a 3D image file and creates a physical 3D image. As I mentioned before 3D files are generated from what is called a .stl file, which is a compressed triangular meshed surface. “These .stl files were originally intended for a rapid prototyping process called Stereolithography, and in the beginning were generated by CAD programs; however, because MRI and CT’s are surface scans, they too can generate a .stl file. These .stl files have become

many more. It serves to a wider audience and is rapidly becoming the most promising technology created by the human species. We're highlighting 9 different ways how 3D printing will be changing the world. 1. Lighter and Stronger Planes: Some car manufacturing companies are already using 3D printing tool that help in increasing the strength of car parts and is also

almost out of thin air, what resembles the sole of a shoe starts to materialize from a viscous pool of liquid polymer. This isn’t a scene from a sci-fi movie, it is actually the future of manufacturing. The athletic wear company, Adidas, has already started using 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, in their two new highly automated factories. Flashback to the 1980s, invented by Charles Hull, the 3D printer was originally called a stereolithography. Basically, 3D printing uses a blueprint

Introduction 3-D printing is a relatively new technology compared to other manufacturing methods. It first showed is face in the 1980’s and then faded out of limelight due to the high cost of procurement and operation. In the early 2000’s, breakthroughs occurred when working printed kidneys appeared and SLS (selective laser sintering) machines became available. During late 2009, the early advocates finally produced machines cheap enough - but still capable of great precision and accuracy - that were