ID - 131759943 TI - Understanding additive manufacturing : rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, rapid manufacturing PY - 2011 SN - 9783446431621 3446431624 9781621985037 1621985032 9783446431624 9781569905074 156990507X 9783446425521 3446425527 PB - Munich : Cincinnati : Hanser Publishers ; Hanser Publications, DB - UniCat KW - Three-dimensional printing. KW - Engineering KW - General and Others UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131759943 AB - Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the worldwide used term for layer oriented or generative manufacturing which originally was introduced at the end of the 1980's as Rapid Prototyping. Within the last 20 years it has developed dramatically. Today it is not just a valuable tool for making models and prototypes, but a manufacturing method for final parts as well as for mold inserts. It spreads throughout all disciplines and branches of industry, from art to medicine and from car manufacturing to aerospace engineering. AM is about to revolutionize the manufacturing technology in general. This book is designed as a supporting material not only for special courses on advanced manufacturing technology, but for up-dating the content of traditional manufacturing lessons. It also provides basic information to facilitate self studies and is a valuable quick guide to AM ER -