Desktop manufacturing
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Desktop manufacturing or personal fabrication is the use of a personal computer to drive a printer that deposits (or catalyses) material in layers to form three-dimensional objects, a process known as additive manufacturing. It can be used for making prototypes or objects that have limited public demand. Neil Gershenfeld is one of the pioneers of this field.
3D printing gives designers and product development teams the technology in the office to produce 3D parts or components within minutes. CAD software sends the 3D image to the office 3D Printer and the item is printed layer by layer in a range of materials. Concept models can be produced quickly and with full moving parts using a desktop size 3D Printer.
[edit] See also
- Solid freeform fabrication
- Rapid prototyping
- RepRap
- Digital fabricator
- Von Neumann machine
- 3D Printers
[edit] References
- The Low-Volume Manufacturers Association Features, News & Profiles of Companies and Executives
- The Dream Factory, Wired
- 'Gadget printer' promises industrial revolution New Scientist
- Punch "PRINT" for anything you want
- The RepRap Project: Creating wealth without money...
- The Clanking Replicator Project: Bootstrap your own self-replicating, rapid prototyping machine
- The Fab@Home Desktop Fabber Kit Project
- Video Demo of 3D Printer in Action
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