From additive manufacturing to 3D/4D printing. 2 : current techniques, improvements and their limitations / Jean-Claude André.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

André, Jean-Claude (Researcher in light-matter interactions), author.

Series:

Robotics series.

Systems and industrial engineering. Robotics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Three-dimensional printing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London : ISTE, ℗2017

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Additive manufacturing, which was first invented in France and then applied in the United States, is now 33 years old and represents a market of around 5 billion euros per year, with annual growth of between 20 and 30%. Today, additive manufacturing is experiencing a great amount of innovation in its processes, software, engineering and materials used. Its strength as a process has more recently allowed for the exploration of new niches, ranging from applications at nanometer and decameter scales, to others in mechanics and health. As a result, the limitations of the process have also begun to emerge, which include the quality of the tools, their cost of manufacture, the multi-material aspects, functionalities and surface conditions. Volume 2 of this series presents the current techniques, improvements and limits of additive manufacturing, providing an up-to-date review of this process.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Dedication

Title

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

I.1. Introduction

I.2. Bibliography

PART 1: Incremental Innovations and Technologies Pushed to their Limits

1 Incremental Developments of Processes, Machines and Materials

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Undertaking non-layered stereolithography

1.3. Challenging the notion of layers

1.4. Optical-quality surface finish

1.5. Cold-cast metal 3D printing

1.6. Colored objects

1.7. Conclusion

1.8. Bibliography

PART 2: Additive Manufacturing Pushed to its Limits

Introduction to Part 2

I.2. Overall framework

I.3. Bibliography

2 μ-Fluidics (or Microfluidics)

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Review of microfluidics

2.3. Applications

2.4. Return to additive manufacturing

2.5. Conclusive outcomes

2.6. The converse problem: a potential μ-fluidics application to additive manufacturing

2.7. Provisional concept

2.8. Conclusion

2.9. Bibliography

3 3D Nanomanufacturing, 3D μ-Electronics and μ-Robotics

3.1. Introduction

3.2. 3D nano-facturing

3.3. 3D μ-electronics

3.4. Actuators and μ-robots

3.5. Conclusion

3.6. Bibliography

PART 3: How Should We Go That One Step Further?

4 A Short Reflection on Spheres to Explore Their Conditions for Achieving Success

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Favored spheres of innovation

4.3. Some conditions to ensure additive manufacturing reaches maturity?

4.4. A positive conclusion

4.5. Bibliography

5 Questions of Hope and "Unhope"

5.1. Introduction

5.2. The "lab-tribe" (LT) approach

5.3. Creativity's place in research

5.4. Innovation, a consequence of creativity

5.5. What solutions to evoke for additive manufacturing?.

5.6. In the form of a conclusion: a summary of the author's point of view

5.7. Bibliography

Conclusion

Index

End User License Agreement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119437369

1119437369

9781119437376

1119437377

9781119428299

1119428297

OCLC:

1031279360