Wohlers Report 2007
State of the Industry
Annual Worldwide Progress Report ISBN 0-9754429-3-7
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- Tooling solutions
- High-performance tooling
- Indirect tooling approaches
- RSP Tooling
- Reconfigurable Tooling Systems
- Other options
- Direct approaches
- Laser Consolidation
- SLS tooling
- DMLS
- Others
- Other options
- CNC-machined tooling
- Hybrid tooling
- Size of tooling market
PART 6: RAPID MANUFACTURING
- Another industrial revolution?
- Benefits and barriers
- Design freedom
- Industrial design
- Customer-driven design
- Part consolidation and optimization
- Product personalization
- Logistics and supply chains
- Applications and industries
- Aerospace
- Military
- Motor sports
- Automotive
- Machinery
- Medical and dental
- Consumer products
- Art and jewelry
- Gifts, awards, and trophies
- Future possibilities
- When it makes sense
- Shape and size
- Production volume
- Quality
- Cost analysis and economics
- Production implications
- Strategic implications
- Challenges and required research
- Processes
- Materials
- Organization, management, and supply chain issues
PART 7: OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
- Growth of CAD solid modeling
- Major trends
- Revenue and seat count estimates
- Operating systems
- What's next?
- Materials
- LS powders
- SL resins
- Other materials
- Coatings and surface treatments
- Rapid manufacturing
- Predicting the performance of injection-molded parts
- Medical applications
- Medical image-processing software
- Materials suited to medical modeling
- Additive methods suited to medical modeling
- Implantable additive parts
- Injuries suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- 3D scanning and reverse engineering
- 3D scanning hardware
- Processing software
- Applications
- Technology
- Limitations and other issues
- Polygon meshes and surfaces
- Caveats and conclusions
PART 8: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Patents
- Technology development
- Process development
- Materials
- Applications
- Nanomanufacturing
- U.S. government-sponsored R&D
- National Science Foundation
- Meso, micro, and nanoscale technology
- Process improvements, material developments, and new applications
- Composites, multi-materials, and functionally graded materials
- Medicine
- Education
- National Institutes of Health
- Department of Defense
- NASA
- College and university education and research
- Educational activities in additive fabrication
- Research and teaching
- Future trends and contributions
PART 9: WHERE IT'S ALL HEADED
- 3D printing for design and modeling
- Mainstream systems
- Systems for rapid manufacturing
- Application areas
- Short-run production
- Complex shapes and assemblies
- Multi-functional components
- Indirect rapid manufacturing
- Tooling
- Summary
- Where to learn more
- Global Alliance of Rapid Prototyping Associations
- Rapid Technologies and Additive Manufacturing Community
APPENDICES
- Appendix A: Glossary of terms
- Appendix B: System and material manufacturers
- Canada
- China
- France
- Germany
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Sweden
- United States
- Appendix C: U.S. system specifications
- Appendix D: Systems manufactured outside the U.S.
- Appendix E: Material properties
- Appendix F: Metal fabrication comparison matrix
- Appendix G: 3D scanning systems
- Appendix H: 3D scan processing software
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