Rapid casting solutions
By: edited by Rupinder Singh
Series: Materials science forum -- v. 701; Materials science forum -- v. 701.
Publisher: Trans Tech
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Durnten-Zurich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9783037852873
Subjects: Rapid prototyping
Description: This special issue on rapid casting solutions comprises original research papers, review papers, technical papers and notes. It is devoted to the development of important topics in rapid casting technology, and has been published as a special issue in order to highlight selected papers submitted to important international conferences and symposia, plus invited papers from prominent researchers. Rapid prototyping has been around for some twenty years, and is widely used in diverse areas: from the building of aesthetic and functional prototypes to the production of tools and moulds for technological prototypes. Among the various rapid prototyping techniques, three-dimensional printing, polyjet printing, silicon moulding, etc., are used commercially as hybrid rapid casting solutions. This issue provides an overview of the rapid prototyping process for ceramic shells that can be constructed and then joined (as in the conventional process) to give a cavity for the pouring of metal to produce cost-effective prototypes for casting applications. This volume will be welcomed by academics, researchers, industrialists and university students specialising in rapid casting or rapid prototyping, production engineers and others--
Notes: "Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only".

Includes bibliographical references and index.