Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Course

Program Overview

Rapid Prototyping, also known as additive manufacturing, is a technology that enables the creation of complex parts directly from CAD models. This technology has revolutionized manufacturing by allowing for the production of parts that were previously impossible to fabricate. Rapid Prototyping has also been extended to meso-/micro-
ano-scale to produce three-dimensional functional miniature components.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Rapid Prototyping (RP), solid freeform fabrication, or additive manufacturing has emerged as a popular manufacturing technology to accelerate product creation in the last two decades.
• Machine for layered manufacturing builds parts directly from CAD models.
• This novel manufacturing technology enables building parts that have traditionally been impossible to fabricate because of their complex shapes or variety of materials.
• In analogy to speed and flexibility of desktop publishing, rapid prototyping is also called desktop manufacturing, with actual three-dimensional solid objects instead of mere two-dimensional images.
• Methodology of rapid prototyping has also been extended into meso-/micro-
  ano-scale to produce three-dimensional functional miniature components.