Publications
The following list of publications was developed by Elaine Hunt of Clemson University and edited by Wohlers Associates, Inc. The publications are listed at random.
Rapid
Prototyping Journal. ISSN
1355-2546, Emerald, Ian Campbell, editor.
Wohlers Report 2006 offers a worldwide
review and analysis of additive fabrication (also known as rapid
prototyping). The technology encompasses modeling, prototyping, tooling,
and series production applications. The report covers the growing range of
applications and technologies, as well as the challenges that
organizations face when trying to understand and make use of this
fast-developing technology. Additional information is available at http://wohlersassociates.com.
Time-Compression Technologies, North American edition, is a bi-monthly magazine covering topics that can help streamline the product development process. The publication is free to qualified subscribers.
Time-Compression Technologies, European edition, is a bi-monthly magazine covering topics that can help streamline the product development process. The publication is free to qualified subscribers.
CADCAMNet, CAD/CAM Publishing, Inc., www.cadcamnet.com.
Rapid Prototyping Technology: Selection and Application, Ken Cooper, published by Marcel Dekker, Inc., ISBN 0-8247-0261-1, 264 pages, $135, ken.cooper@msfc.nasa.gov.
Rapid Prototyping in Europe and Japan -- JTEC/WTEC Panel Report, http://itri.loyola.edu/rp/toc.htm.
Solid Freeform
Fabrication: A New Direction In Manufacturing, J.J. Beaman, J. W.
Barlow, D.L. Bourell, R.H. Crawford, H. L. Marcus, K.P.
Rapid Prototyping: A Unique Approach to Diagnosis and Planning of Medical Procedures, by Kevin McAloon, SME, (313) 271-1500.
Rapid Automated Systems: An Introduction, by Lamont Wood, 141 pages, hardcover, published by Industrial Press Inc., New York, NY, copyright 1993.
Rapid Prototyping Systems: Fast Track to Product Realization, 200 pages, hard cover, published by SME in cooperation with RPA/SME, copyright 1994, 800-733-4763.
Rapid Prototyping: Principles and Applications in Manufacturing, by Chua Chee Kai and Leong Kah Fai, 317 pages, softcover, published by John Wiley & Sons
Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Fundamentals of Stereolithography by Paul Jacobs $52.00, published by SME, 800-733-4763.
Stereolithography and other RP&M Technologies - from Rapid Prototyping to Rapid Tooling, Paul F. Jacobs, PhD, ASME Press ISBN 0-87263-467-1, 800-733-4763.
Principles of Computer Automated Fabrication, Palatino Press Incorporated, ISBN 0961800534.
Solid Freeform Manufacturing - Advanced Rapid Manufacturing, edited by Detlef Kochan, University of Dresden (Germany), published by Elsevier Science Publishers (The Netherlands) 1993. This book is volume 19 in a series on Manufacturing Research and Technology, ISBN 0 444 89652.
Solid Freeform Fabrication: A New Direction In Manufacturing by K.P. McAlea, Kluwer Academic Press, Boston, 1997, 330 pages.
Le prototypage rapide, by Alain Bernard and Georges Taillandier, 256 pages, soft cover, written in French, published by Hermes, http://www.editions-hermes.fr.
Layer Manufacturing by Oyvind Bjorke, Tapir Publisher, 1992, ISBN: 82-519-1125-7.
EARP document titled Data Exchange For Rapid Prototyping is on the Internet. Anonymous ftp to leva.leeds.ac.uk. The document is available in the Step directory as an ASCII file in earp_dataexch.txt and as a Word-for-Windows file in earp_dataexch.doc.
Developments in Rapid Prototyping and Tooling by Graham Bennett, Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited, Bury St Edmunds and London, UK, fax 01284-704006.
Rapid
Response Manufacturing: Contemporary Methodologies, Tools and
You may also find useful information in dissertations. Contact your local library for an interlibrary loan if possible. A good example is James Christian Nelson's Selective Laser Sintering: A Definition of the Process and an Empirical Sintering Model, 1993. You can order a copy from UMI (800-521-3042) which is print of a microfilm master.
