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Author Koc, Bahattin; Lee, Yuan-Shin ; Department of Industrial Engineering, Stt. Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-2050, United States
Source Proc. ASME Des. Eng. Tech. Conf. v 3 2002 p 171-183 7th Design for Manufacturing Conference Sep 29-Oct 2 2002 Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract This paper presents a new method of generating adaptive ruled layers for rapid prototyping of 3D complex parts. To increase the accuracy and reduce the build time, an adaptive ruled layer approximation of the Stereolithography (STL) models for rapid prototyping processes is presented. Surface errors are analyzed to find the maximum errors at different layers of RP parts. By finding the RP surface errors, adaptive ruled layers are generated from the STL models. Using the constructed ruled layers of the STL models, multi-axis material removal process is integrated with the traditional rapid prototyping process to achieve better surface accuracy and to reduce the total build time. [References: 19] (Auth abstract) XX