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Rapid Design through Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Carnegie Mellon University
Spring 1997

Rapid Design and Manufacturing Resources on the Web

1. Rapid Manufacturing Processes

1.1. University and Research Labs

Layered Systems

• Formigraphic Engine/Battelle: Photochemical Machining
• The University of Utah: ShapeMaker II
• Landfoam Topographics: Laminated Object Manufacturing

Sintering Systems

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Freeform Powder Modeling
• Universidade do Minho in Guimaraes, Portugal: Robot Fusion Welding
• University of Connecticut: Selective Laser Reaction Sintering (SLRS)
• U of Texas: Selective Laser Sintering

Deposition Systems

• Carnegie Mellon and Stanford: Shape Deposition Manufacturing
• Rutgers University: Fused Deposition of Ceramics (FDM)
• Texas Instruments: Printed Computer Tomography (PCT)
• U.S. Navy: Electrosetting
• Babcock & Wilcox: Shape Melting
• MIT: Three-Dimensional Printing (3DP)
• Incremental Fabrication Technologies: (Ballistic Particle Manufacturing)
• University of Texas at Austin: Gas Phase Deposition
• Los Alamos National Laboratory: Direct Light Fabrication
• Tufts University: Rapid Thermal Prototyping
• The University of Connecticut: Selective Area Laser Deposition (SALD)
• University of Nottingham, UK.: 3-D WELDING
• Multiphase jet solidification (MJS)
• 3D Systems: Multi-Jet Modeling

Machining

• CyberCut

1.2 Commercial Systems

Layered Systems

• Schroff: JP System 5
• Scale Models Unlimited: LaserCAMM
• 3D Systems: Stereolythography (SLA)
• CMET Inc. (Mitsubishi): Solid Object Ultraviolet Laser Plotter (SOUP)
• D-MEC Ltd.(JSR/SONY): Solid Creation System (SCS)
• TEIJIN SEIKI Co.,Ltd.: SOMOS/Soliform
• Electro Optical Systems (EOS) of Munich: Stereos
• MITSUI ZOSEN Corporation: Computer Operated Laser Active Modeling (COLAMM)
• DENKEN ENGINEERING Co.,LTD.: (SLP)
• Light Sculpting: Design-Controlled Automated Fabrication
• BLZ & EOS: Laser Ablation
• Cubital: Solid Ground Curing (SGC)
• Helysis: Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM)
• KIRA Corporation: Solid Center (Plain Paper LOM)
• CAM-LEM, Inc: CAM-LEM
• Sparx: Hot Plot
• Ceramic Composites, Inc.

Sintering Systems

• DTM Corp.: Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
• Formus: Topographic Shell Fabrication (TSF)

Deposition Systems

• Stratasys: Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
• Sanders Prototype: 3D Plotting
• BPM Technology: Ballistic Particle Manufacturing (BPM)

2. Access to Services
3. On-line Services
4. Design/Prototyping Service Companies
5. References for Rapid Manufacturing

sfinger@ri.cmu.edu