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3D rapid prototyping is the mechanical creation of physical substances using patented polyjet manufacturing technology. 3D rapid prototyping technologies originated in their simplest plastic and liquid hardening versions in 1988 and were initially used to make simple static model structures. Many famous artists have used 3D rapid prototyping technology to create installations for exhibitions. In recent years, the advancements in and the use of CAD and 3D rapid prototyping has continued to spread.  As such its important to understand the background and application for 3D rapid prototyping processes.

Current Usage of 3D Rapid Prototyping

3D rapid prototyping models have many uses. They make great visual aids for communicating ideas to colleagues or for presentations to customers. Being able to see, feel and hear an idea accounts for over half of one’s senses and helps make an impression on customers. One of the greatest benefits of 3D rapid prototyping is that it can significantly reduce company costs. Outsourcing 3D modeling needs to suppliers is expensive and time consuming.  With the latest 3D rapid prototyping equipment 3D printers can sit on a desk in your office.

3D printing is already applied in a number of industries and sectors. 3D rapid prototyping is currently being used by in healthcare, engineering, education, architecture and the entertainment industry. It’s also being used by paleontologists to model fossils, duplicate prehistoric artifacts and to reconstruct bones and body parts to create a 3D tangible model of ancient mankind. Today, Architects are using 3D rapid prototyping technology to design buildings with precise measurements and able to create 3D models in-house and therefore confidentially. Engineers are testing designs and able to locate errors and design flaws quicker and cheaper than previously.

Future Usage of 3D rapid prototyping

3D rapid prototyping technology is presently being studied by biotechnology firms and universities. Their objective is to use 3D rapid prototyping and engineering applications to create body parts and organs. Scientists can today use 3D rapid prototyping to place layers of living cells on to gel mediums to test and learn how they react to being transplanted to humans, therefore reducing the need for live animal testing. With the help of a 3D prototype, one day recognizable pieces of furniture in a home can replaced by a 3D printer and a recycling unit. Clothing, cutlery and books can already be printed on demand.

In the future, product designers, engineers, teachers and architects will all be using 3D rapid prototyping systems in their respective careers to teach, demonstrate and sell their concepts instantly. 3D rapid prototyping has only been around for about 2 decades and has only recently become affordable enough for businesses to use in-house. Just imagine what the future holds for 3D rapid prototyping printers.

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Hello,

Well, you’ve made it to Day 7 of our Rapid Prototyping Ecourse. The
last 6 days have been packed full of information on new innovative
technologies that are all apart of Rapid Prototyping.

We Learned about:
EBM – Electron Beam Melting
SLS – Selective Laser Sintering
LOM – Laminated Object Manufacturing
FDM – Fused Deposition Modeling
SLA – Stereolithography

Of course, you aren’t an expert – but think back to Day 1 of our
course and I hope you know more now than you did 6 days ago about
Rapid Prototyping Technologies.

A few times I sent you to our Community website on Prototyping
called Prototype Zone. I hope you enjoyed the free information
available to you there.

I’d love it if you’d join our community for free because its people
like you who make these communities work. Joining the Rapid
Prototyping Community is free!

Not only is joing our community free – but just for joining you get
2 free EBooks on Rapid Prototyping Basics – Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Both are over 70 pages of information on Rapid Prototyping.

Visit the website at: http://www.prototypezone.com/ to ready more
about this offer. If you want to sign up today visit:

http://www.prototypezone.com/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers.

Our Prototyping Community is just beginning and we are looking
forward to all of the information and experience and beginner
questions that each community member shares with others. Come on by
and check us out at www.prototypezone.com.

Thanks for taking the time to take my ecourse!

See you in the Prototyping Forums!

Ivan Irons

P.S.
There is more…If you sign up as a member of Prototype Zone, you
will get special access to 2 Free eBooks on the site. Both of the eBooks
are about Prototyping Basics.  Here is the best part, becoming a member is Free!
Wait…Both of the Prototyping Basics eBooks are free!

Sign Up Now to get all these Free Benefits!
http://www.prototypezone.com/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers

Hello,

Its Day 6 of our Prototype Zone Ecourse and I hope you are enjoying
learning about various Rapid Prototyping technologies – its neat
stuff isn’t it?

SLA or Stereolithography - don’t ask me how to pronounce it – but I
can tell you what it is.

Stereolithography or SLA is one of the most commonly used rapid
prototyping and rapid manufacturing technology for creating several
parts with excellent surface finish and high accuracy.
Stereolithography is a mechanism used to perform Stereolithography
Apparatus. SLA creates plastic parts or even objects a layer by
marking out a laser beam on the surface of the liquid photopolymer.
This category of substances initially developed for packaging and
printing industry, solidifies quickly wherever the laser beam hits.
As one layer is being entirely marked out it lowers a small
distance into the vat of the liquid photopolymer and a subsequent
layer is marked out exactly on the top of the first layer.

The self cementing property of this particular substance causes the
layers to merge with one another and finally form an absolute 3D
object after lots of similar objects are created. Some of these
objects have undercuts or overhangs that must be actually
maintained during the procedure of fabrication by maintaining the
structures. These structures are automatically or manually designed
and later fabricated along with the objects. When the fabrication
procedure is completed these objects are elevated from the vat of
the liquid photopolymer and then the supports are removed.

Stereolithography or SLA is being considered to provide one of the
best surface finishes and exact accuracy of any technology of rapid
prototyping. SLA is frequently regarded as the pioneer of the rapid
prototyping business with the initial profit-making system was
introduced in the year 1988.

There’s a great article within the prototype zone community that
talks about SLS vs SLA. I would check it out if I were you. You can
find it on the forum at:

http://www.prototypezone.com/prototype-forum/selective-laser-sinteri

ng/overview-ov-sls/view

Tomorrow is our final day of our prototyping ecourse. We will
review what we have learned and talk about some free bonus’s
available to you on Rapid Prototyping.

See you Tomorrow,
Ivan Irons

P.S.
There is more…If you sign up as a member of Prototype Zone, you
will get special access to 2 Free eBooks on the site. Both of the eBooks
are about Prototyping Basics.  Here is the best part, becoming a member is Free!
Wait…Both of the Prototyping Basics eBooks are free!

Sign Up Now to get all these Free Benefits!
http://www.prototypezone.com/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers

Hello,

Welcome to the Prototype Zone 7 Day Ecourse. I’m glad you decided
to join our Rapid Prototyping Technologies Ecourse and I’m looking
forward to the next few days of learning all about Rapid
Prototyping Technologies.

Throughout these next few days, we will cover the most popular
types of technologies that are being used today with Rapid
Prototyping. Prototyping and Rapid Prototyping is among one of the
cutting edge technologies today and its only a matter of time
before it becomes mainstream. You are on the leading edge of
something great.

The Rapid Prototyping Technologies that we are going to cover are:
EBM – Electron Beam Melting
SLS – Selective Laser Sintering
LOM – Laminated Object Manufacturing
FDM – Fused Deposition Modeling
SLA – Stereolithography

The technologies above may look and sound a little difficult, but
over the next few days we will break these complex terms down to
speak your language and make sure by the end of this course, you
have a brief understanding of Rapid Prototyping Technologies.

Tomorrow we will get started with our first Rapid Prototpying
Technology: Electron Meam Melting or EBM. Before tomorrow, take
some time to think about Rapid Prototyping and write down a few
things you would like to get out of this course.

If you are brand new to Prototyping and Rapid Prototyping, go and
visit our new community Prototyping Site at www.prototpyezone.com
to start gathering more information on prototyping before the
course starts tomorrow. It will be good to have a basic
understanding of Prototyping and Rapid Prototyping definitions
before we get into the technologies.

You can find good definitions at the www.prototypezone.com website.

See you Tomorrow,
Ivan Irons

P.S.
There is more…If you sign up as a member of Prototype Zone, you
will get special access to 2 Free eBooks on the site. Both of the eBooks
are about Prototyping Basics. Here is the best part, becoming a member is Free!
Wait…Both of the Prototyping Basics eBooks are free!

Sign Up Now to get all these Free Benefits!
http://www.prototypezone.com/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers