Preface
Material Issues in Layered Forming 1
Christina Amon, Jack Beuth, Helmut Kirchner, Robert Merz, Prinz, Kevin Schmaltz and Lee Weiss
StereoLithography Epoxy Resin Development: Accuracy and Dimensional Stability 11
Thomas Pang
Vibratory Finishing of StereoLithography Parts 27
John D. Spencer, Richard C. Cobb and Phillip M. Dickens
Structural Ceramic Components by 3D Printing 40
J. Yoo, Michael J. Cima, S. Khanuja, and E. M. Sachs
Laser Sintering of Metals 51
William T. Carter, Jr., and Marshall G. Jones
Solid Freebody Forming of Ceramics From Polymerizable Slurry 60
K. Stuffle, A. Mulligan, Paul Calvert and John Lombardi
Development of Nanocomposites for Solid Freeform Fabrication 64
Arumugam Manthiram, F. Chi, L. F. Johnson, B. R. Birmingham and L. Marcus
Fabrication Using Laser Machining and Welding 74
M. Pridham, and G. Thomson
Picoliter Solder Droplet Dispensing 81
Ronald Marusak
Control Parameters and Material Selection Criteria for Rapid Prototyping Systems 86
James W. Comb and William R. Priedeman
Reducing or Eliminating Curl on Wax Parts Produced in the Sinterstation™ 2000?System 94
Paul Forderhase and Richard Corden
Computer Aspects of Solid Freeform Fabrication: Geometry, Process Control and Design 102
Richard H. Crawford
Virtual Reality and Rapid Prototyping: Conflicting or Complementary? 113
Ian Gibson, D. Brown, S. Cobb and R. Eastgate
Optimization of 2D CT Data Sets for Three-Dimensional Craniofacial Imaging and Modeling 121
Richard A. Levy
Some Efficient Procedures for Correcting Triangulated Models 126
Ismo Mäkelä and A. Dolenc
Robust Prototyping 135
Jana K. Chari and J. L. Hall
Simulation of Solid Freeform Fabrication 143
Stuart B. Brown
Automated 4-Axis, Adaptive Scanning With the Digibotics Laser Digitizer 150
Stephen Koch
StereoLithography 1993:?QuickCasttm 158
Thomas H. Pang and Paul F. Jacobs
FFF at Ford Motor Company 168
Sean O'Reilly
An Experimental Study of the Parameters Affecting Curl in Parts Created Using?Stereolithography 178
Leslie Horton, Michael Keefe and E. P. Gargiulo
Homogenization Design and Layered Manufacturing of a Lower Control Arm in Project MAXWELL 186
Roy Johanson, N. Kikuchi, P. Papalambros, Fritz Prinz and Lee Weiss
An Evaluation of the Mechanical Behavior of Bronze-NI Composites Produced by Selective Laser Sintering 193
Mukesh Agarwala, D. L. Bourell, B. Wu and J. J. Beaman
Silicon Carbide Preforms for Metal Infiltration by Selective Laser Sintering™ of Polymer Encapsulated Powders 204
N. K. Vail, J. W. Barlow and H. L. Marcus;
Fabrication of Ceramic and Metal Matrix Composites From Selective Laser Sintered Ceramic Preforms 215
Lucy Deckard and Dennis Claar
Powder Layer Position Accuracy in Powder-Based Rapid Prototyping 223
Sang-Joon John Lee, E. Sachs and M. Cima
The Physics of Digital Microfabrication with Molten Microdrops 237
Fuquan Gao and A. A. Sonin
Material and Process Parameters That Affect Accuracy in Stereolithography 245
Richard P. Chartoff, Lawrence Flach and Peter Weissman
Thermal Analysis and Modeling of Steady-State Rod Growth During Gas-Phase Solid Freeform Fabrication 253
James Maxwell, Joseph Pegna, and Alexander Ostrogorsky
Potential Application of Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Process in Ceracon P/M Forging 271
Ramas V. Raman, S. V. Rele and R. L. Anderson
Machine Vision for Rapid Geometric Modeling 275
Visa Koivunen and R. Bajcsy
Strategy for Composite Development in Rapid Prototyping 283
R. Charan, A. Bagchi, T. Renault, and A. A. Ogale
Direct Generation of Contour Files from Constructive Solid Geometry.Representations 291
Sashidhar Guduri, R. Crawford, and J. J. Beaman
Indirect Metal Composite Part Manufacture Using the SLS Process 303
James R. Tobin, B. Badrinarayan, J. W. Barlow, J. J. Beaman and D. Bourell
Solid Freeform Fabrication of Silicon Carbide Shapes by Selective Laser Reaction Sintering. (SLRS) 308
Britton R. Birmingham and H. L. Marcus
Supersolidus Liquid Phase Selective Laser Sintering of Prealloyed Bronze Powder 317
Gopalakrishna Prabhu, andD. L. Bourell
Selective Area Laser Deposition of Silicon Carbide 325
James V. Tompkins, and H. Marcus
Drying of Colloidal Binder Infiltrated Ceramic Green Parts Produced by Selective Laser Sintering™ 333
M. Glazer, N.K. Vail, and J. W. Barlow
Synthesis, Selective Laser Sintering and Infiltration of High Tc Dual Phase Ag-YBa2Cu307-x Superconductor Composites 339
Mukesh Agarwala, D. L. Bourell, A. Manthiram, B. R. Birmingham and H. L. Marcus
Selective Laser Sintering of Al2O3 350
P. K. Subramanian, G. Zong, N. Vail, J W. Barlow and H.L. Marcus
Laser Sintering Model for Composite Materials 360
James C. Nelson, N.K. Vail and J.W.Barlow
Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Powders by Two Different Methods 370
Samuel Sumin Sih and J.W.Barlow
Selective Laser Sintering of Bioceramic Materials for Implants 376
Goonhee Lee and J.W. Barlow