4D printing - Revolution or fad?

Assembly Automation

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-127

  Pei, Eujin ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4D printing; Additive manufacturing; Design for assembly; Modular automation; Rapid manufacturing; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; PRINTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RESEARCH;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; BIOMIMETIC COMPOSITES; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84897372845     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AA-02-2014-014     Document Type: Article

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