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Making prototypes quick and right. Author: anon. Industrial Laser Solutions, January, 2005. Case study of how North American Lighting Inc. used RP to production-quality tail lamp parts for final review and approval for the 2004 Mercury Monterey.
Re-inventing the Vacuum Cleaner through RP. Author: John Connelly. Time Compression Technologies, Jan. 2005. A case study of how Dyson Inc. (UK) has used rapid prototyping to help it go from a start-up to surpassing industry stalwarts in less than 10 years.
A Race to the finish. Author: Elizabeth Goode. Industrial Laser Solutions, July, 2004. Rapid prototyping enables stock-car racing company Hendrick Motorsports to stay on track and in front of the competition. The author is with 3D Systems and this article concentrates mainly on the use of stereolithography in the application.
Thinking in prototypes: trial and error still plays a key role in product development. Author: Bart Eisenberg. Product Design & Development, Jan 2004. [Link is to a copy of the article on the Design Continuum web-site.] "The idea is not to avoid mistakes but to make them early and often. CAD tools and rapid prototypes have compressed the design cycle but have not abolished it. There are methodologies galore that help limit the scope of the design iterations so that the process doesn't veer out of control... But some trial and error remains at the heart of new product development."
Not Just A Prototype. Author: Louise Elliott. Desktop Engineering, September, 2003. Discusses the use of subtractive rapid prototyping and/or fused deposition modelling to create both desgn prototypes and final parts for a variety of electromechanical and other applications.
World's smallest robot. Author: Paul Eisenstein. Popular Mechanics, June 2003. Sandia, putting its expertise in micromachines to work, has created the world's smallest free-roving robot. Stereolithography was used to create the body of the robot.
Pure blisks: LENS ® (Reg. trademark of Sandia National Labs. and Sandia Corp.) processing shows promise for aircraft repair. Fabrication & Metalworking, May, 2003. Case study of Optomec using LENS technology to repair leading airfoil edges of blisks [i.e., bladed disks] used in jet engines. LENS ® is said to reduce repair cost and provide longer component life.
Rapid-Prototype Shop Grilled for Three-Week Turnaround. Fabrication & Metalworking, May, 2003. Case study of how Coleman Corp. used RP and a service bureau to turn out useable prototypes for a trade show in 3 weeks.
Reduce Production Leadtimes With Laser Engineered Net Shaping. Authors: Dave Keicher and Tom Swann. Time Compression Technologies, Jan., 2003. An overview of the Optomec LENS ® (Reg. trademark of Sandia National Labs. and Sandia Corp.) process and its applications.
Lasers help Formula One cars race faster. Authors : Laureen Belleville, David Belforte. Industrial Laser Solutions, Oct., 2002. The use of RP in creating components and prototypes for racing applications. Joint venture between the Renault F1 Team and 3D systems is discussed.
RP, RT help cut tool and part development time in half. Author: Robert Neilley. Injection Molding Magazine, April, 2002. A case study of how TRW used rapid prototyping and rapid tooling to save weeks in the development of a new brake fluid reservoir. The design team worked closely with Materialise's service bureau.
Evaluating RP Methods: NASA's Side-By-Side Comparison. Authors: K. Cooper, G. Williams and P. Salvail. Modern Casting, Feb. 2002, (Based on a presentation at the 2001 SME Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Conference.) A comparison of rapid prototyping technologies, part of a study for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The authors used several RP technologies to create patterns for casting an approximately 6 inch diameter diverter valve component. A useful table comparing measurements accuracies, build times and costs is provided. [In .pdf file format.]
Northrop Grumman Gets Quick Results From Stereolithography. Author: Chris Farren. Time Compression Technologies, Jan. 2002. The company creates patterns and tools on a stereolithography machine to modify and repair aircraft in a more timely fashion.
Company Joins University to Develop Torch for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Author: John Connolly. Time Compression Technologies, Jan. 2002. Georgia Tech, Quickparts.com and Coleman collaborated to design and manufacture the torch resembling an icicle in just eight months. Seventeen thousand torches were manufactured.
Rapid Prototyping=Rapid Time to Market. Author: Charmaine Jones. Appliance Manufacturer, Sept. 2001. This article has numerous anecdotal case studies for many products in addition to appliances, indicating the wide range of processes and how they're being applied in industry.
Solid modeling helps engineers douse fires. Author: Benjamin B. Ames. Design News, June 18, 2001. [Now requires free registration.] The use of RP and other up to date approaches enabled the manufacturer of a firefighting nozzle to reduce time to market from 14 months to 5.
Photonics Salvages a Cretaceous Treasure: Triceratops. Author: Daniel C. McCarthy. Photonics Spectra, February 2001. Stereolithography and reverse engineering are used to create replacement fossil bones for a Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History exhibit. The new bones enable the real ones to be preserved in storage and even make it possible to make the exhibit more anatomically correct.
Testable Prototypes Aid Evaluation of Pump Options. Author: Joe Jancsurak. Appliance Manufacturer, October, 2000. How PAPA Pumps (UK) used DTM's selective laser sintering process to produce testable prototypes of a water-powered pump.
Stereolithography Living Hinge Prototypes. Mechanical Engineering, Sept., 2000. Part of the Technology Focus column; Look about 1/2 way down the page for this article which describes AMP's heavy use of stereolithography and in particular a new, flexible resin.
Shoe Manufacturing Snowballs with CAD [and] Rapid Prototyping. Plastics Molding & Fabricating Magazine, March, 2000. Spring Brook Mfg. and service bureau Accelerated Technologies used CAD and rapid prototyping to refine snowshoe designs and reduce time-to-market.
