Rapid manufacturing
... Rapid manufacturing is a technique for manufacturing solid objects by the sequential delivery of energy ... specified points in space to produce that solid. Current practice is to control the manufacturing ... rapid prototyping. Rapid manufacturing is variously called freeform fabrication (FFF), solid freeform fabrication (SFF), layered manufacturing and ...
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Rapid prototyping
... this one. Rapid prototyping, also known as solid freeform fabrication, is the automatic construction of physical objects ... and Photopolymer phase change inkjet External links Solid Freeform Fabrication Laboratory at University of Texas ...
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Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing
... along with an industry partner, the Multi Fabrication (MultiFabTM) system for rapid manufacturing and repair ... Powder Feeding Systems: Functionally Gradient Material (FGM) fabrication requires the control of multiple metal/ceramics ... liquid cooled as it is used. A Solid Freeform Fabrication Process Based on the Plasma Transferable ...
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Stereolithography
... collapse, fine supports may be added during fabrication, either automatically in software or manually, and ... on rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, sterolithography and solid freeform fabrication technology products and services. Complete rapid prototyping ...
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Turquoise
... Trade in turquoise crafts, such as this freeform pendant dating from 1000–1040 CE, is believed ... and was fashioned into toroidal beads and freeform pendants. The Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) of the ... powdered and then bonded to form a solid mass. Much (if not all) of this "reconstituted" material is likely a complete fabrication (with no natural components), or may have ...
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