The Integration of CAD/CAM and Rapid Prototyping in Product Development: A Review

Rapid Prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M) technique has shown a high potential to reduce the cycle and cost of product development. Integrating CAD/CAM RP&M systems have been developed and employed to implement remote parts and manufacturing for rapid prototyping and improve the capability...

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Published inMaterials today : proceedings Vol. 2; no. 4-5; pp. 3438 - 3445
Main Authors Matta, A.K., Raju, D. Ranga, Suman, K.N.S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2015
Subjects
algorithms
CAD/CAM
Rapid prototyping
algorithms
Rapid prototyping
CAD/CAM
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ISSN2214-7853
2214-7853
DOI10.1016/j.matpr.2015.07.319

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Summary:Rapid Prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M) technique has shown a high potential to reduce the cycle and cost of product development. Integrating CAD/CAM RP&M systems have been developed and employed to implement remote parts and manufacturing for rapid prototyping and improve the capability of rapid product development for a large number of small and medium sized enterprises. This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent research on CAD/CAM RP&M systems. The key issues and enabling tools to implement the remote RP&M systems, involve (1) CAD/CAM/CAE, (2) Modelling and Optimization, (3) Algorithms, (4) Measurement of anisotropic strength, (5) STEP/XML, (6) Applying new technologies and concepts to Rapid prototyping systems, are described in detail.Finally, this review gives outlook on possible future development and research direction for CAD/CAM RP&M systems.
ISSN:2214-7853
2214-7853
DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2015.07.319