Accurate exterior, fast interior layered manufacturing
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Rapid Prototyping Journal
- Vol. 3 (2) , 44-52
- https://doi.org/10.1108/13552549710176662
Abstract
Describes a new approach to fast layered manufacturing. The improvements in speed are achieved entirely through software control of existing commercial layered manufacturing equipment. In particular, the exterior regions of a part are built with thin layers to provide a precise, smooth exterior surface, while its interior regions are built with fast, thick layers to reduce overall build time. This approach has been implemented and tested with .STL CAD models on a Stratasys FDM 1600 rapid prototyping system, where a 50‐80 per cent reduction in build time of dense parts has been achieved without reducing surface quality or part integrity.Keywords
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