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Rapid Design through Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Rapid Design and Manufacturing Resources on the Web

• Rapid Manufacturing
  • University Research Labs
    • CyberCut

    LAYERED SYSTEMS

    • Fockele & Schwarze: (LMS)
    • Formigraphic Engine/Battelle: Photochemical Machining
    • The University of Utah: ShapeMaker II
    • Landfoam Topographics

    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 U.: Shape Deposition Manufacturing/Modeling, Staford U: Shape Deposition Manufacturing/Modeling
    • 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)
    • The University of Connecticut: Selective Area Laser Deposition Vapor Infiltration (SALDVI)
    • University of Nottingham, UK.: 3-D WELDING
    • IPA (software) and IFAM (materials): Multiphase jet solidification (MJS)
    • 3D Systems: Multi-Jet Modeling

  • Commercial Systems

    LAYERED SYSTEMS

    • 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)
    • USHIO Inc.: UNIRAPID
    • MEIKO Corporation: (MEIKO)
    • Light Sculpting: Design-Controlled Automated Fabrication
    • BLZ & EOS: Laser Ablation
    • Cubital: Solid Ground Curing (SGC)
    • Helysis: Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM)
    • Schroff: Shape Maker I (JP System 5)
    • KIRA Corporation: Solid Center (Plain Paper LOM)
    • CAM-LEM, Inc: CAM-LEM
    • Sparx
    • Ceramic Composites, Inc.

    LAYERED SYSTEMS

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

    DEPSITION SYSTEMS

    • Stratasys: Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
    • Sanders Prototype: 3D Plotting
    • BPM Technology: Ballistic Particle Manufacturing (BPM)
• Access to Services
  
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• Design/Prototyping Service Companies
  

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