Main description:

Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technology: Principles and Applications consists of the construction and working details of all modern additive manufacturing and 3D-printing technology processes and machines, while also including the fundamentals, for a well-rounded educational experience. The book is written to help the reader understand the fundamentals of the systems.

This book provides a selection of additive manufacturing techniques suitable for near-term application with enough technical background to understand the domain, its applicability, and to consider variations to suit technical and organizational constraints. It highlights new innovative 3D-printing systems, presents a view of 4D printing, and promotes a vision of additive manufacturing and applications toward modern manufacturing engineering practices.

With the block diagrams, self-explanatory figures, chapter exercises, and photographs of lab-developed prototypes, along with case studies, this new textbook will be useful to students studying courses in Mechanical, Production, Design, Mechatronics, and Electrical Engineering.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technology. 2. CAD for Additive Manufacturing. 3. Liquid-Based Additive Manufacturing Systems. 4. Solid-Based Additive Manufacturing Systems. 5. Powder-Based Additive Manufacturing Systems. 6. Materials in Additive Manufacturing. 7. Applications and Examples. 8. Additive Manufacturing Equipment. 9. Post Processing. 10. Product Quality.