Hello Everyone:
Additive fabrication processes typically known as Rapid
Prototyping (RP), Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF), or by
the names of the technologies themselves such as
stereolithography, have become important tools for
mechanical design, manufacturing, surgery, art and
architecture and many other fields.
We've just completed updating and enlarging several
major sections of the Worldwide Guide to Rapid
Prototyping web-site.
* The sections on Direct Manufacturing and Rapid Tooling,
and the RP Industry Overview have been updated, and our
RPML Archive now has nearly 23,000 pages of material. More
than eight years of RPML postings are available for
downloading.
* Major additions have been made to Mom (The Mother of All
RP Bibliographies). Nearly 900 citations have been added.
There are now references to approximately 5,700 academic,
business and trade publication articles covering every
facet of the technology and industry in the bibliography.
This is the largest single source of RP information in
the world.
* The Abstracts of the Solid Freeform Fabrication
Proceedings for 2003 are included in this update. More
than 850 papers in the Proceedings from 1990 through 2003,
trace the development of many rapid prototyping
technologies from inception through commercialization. The
Proceedings are the permanent record of the Solid Freeform
Fabrication Symposium held annually at the University of
Texas at Austin. Thanks to Dr. David Bourell and Ms.
Rosalie Foster for making the materials available.
If you're tempted to think that RP is standing still, here's
a simple way to convince yourself otherwise: We've published
a sampler of titles of this recently added materials
arranged by categories. Entries were selected to give you
some idea of the breadth of applications the technology is
currently addressing. See the sampler here:
* Highlights of the latest edition of the RP Patent Alert
Newsletter are now available. An impressive total of 136
RP patents and applications were published from 12/9/03 to
3/9/04. Among the many developments, you can learn about:
-- A potentially important RP technology based on a plasma
torch. -- Fabricating glass fiber transmission cables,
interconnections and connectors using RP. -- Direct
fabrication of parts for aerospace uses. -- Complete
products made by additive fabrication, including fuel
cells and MEMS disk drives.
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