Advances in three dimensional printing - State of the art and future perspectives

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 136-147

  Dimitrov, D ^a   Schreve, K ^a,b   De Beer, N ^a,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (South Africa)

^c Department of Industrial Engineering   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Modelling; Print media; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS; MODELING; PRINT MEDIA; RAPID PATTERN MAKING; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING (3DP);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; RAPID PROTOTYPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PRINTING;

DECISION MAKING; MEDICINE; PRINTING; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 33745077052     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540610670717     Document Type: Article

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