Rapid Prototyping and Engineering Applications: A Toolbox for Prototype Development, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Since the publication of the first edition, several Additive Manufacturing technologies have been invented, and many new terminologies have been formalized. Each chapter has been brought up-to-date so that this book continues with its coverage of engineering procedures and the application of modern prototyping technologies, such as Additive Manufacturing (AM) and Virtual Prototyping (VP) that quickly develops new products with lower costs and higher quality. The examples, practice exercises, and case studies have also been updated.

• Gears toward rapid product prototyping technologies
• Presents a wide spectrum of prototyping tools and state-of-the-art additive manufacturing technologies
• Explains how to use these rapid product prototyping tools in the development of products
• Includes examples and case studies from the industry
• Provides exercises in each chapter along with solutions

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Product prototyping Chapter 3 Modeling and virtual prototyping Chapter 4 Material selections and product prototyping Chapter 5 Direct digital prototyping and manufacturing Chapter 6 Additive manufacturing processes Chapter 7 Building a prototype using off-the-shelf components Chapter 8 Prototyping of automated systems Chapter 9 Using prototypes for product assessment Chapter 10 Prototype optimization

Since the publication of the first edition, several Additive Manufacturing technologies have been invented, and many new terminologies have been formalized. Each chapter will be brought up-to-date so that this book can continue with its coverage of engineering procedures and the application of modern prototyping technologies.

Fuewen Frank Liou is the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Professor of MechaniclÃ+