1st Edition

Fundamentals and Applications of Additive Manufacturing Hardware, Software, Methods, Materials and Future Trends

378 Pages 132 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

378 Pages 132 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Through nine chapters covering software, hardware, solid-based, liquid-based, and powder-based 3D printing processes, this textbook provides a comprehensive but easy-to-understand and application-oriented guide to the fundamentals and applications of 3D printing. Readers are guided through various topics in a structured and logical manner that takes them from an initial comprehensive discussion... Read more

1. Overview of Additive Manufacturing Processes 2. Hardware and Software for 3D Printing 3. Preprocessing - The Digital Model 4. Preprocessing - Setting 3D Printing Parameters 5. Preprocessing - Selecting the Material for 3D Printing 6. Printing Using Solid-Based Raw Material 7. Printing Using Liquid-Based Raw Material 8. Printing Using Powder-Based Raw Material 9. Post-Processing Techniques and Future Trends

Biography

Sharad Kumar Pradhan is Director of THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology, Tehri, India (on deputation) and is a Professor Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Bhopal. Before joining NITTTR Bhopal he was a Scientist at ‘Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute’ (CMERI), Durgapur, (WB), India. He attained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

Ankit Nayak is an Assistant Professor at UPES, Dehradun, India. Prior to this, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2020 from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur.

Surendra Singh Thakur is a Senior Project Engineer at 3D Engineering Automation LLP, Pune, India. He obtained his B.Tech from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Surat, followed by his M.Tech and Ph.D.

Vishal Francis is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Lovely Professional University, India. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India.

Aniket Nagargoje is an Assistant Professor at MIT Academy of Engineering, India. He obtained his BE from Savitribai Phule Pune University in 2014, his M.Tech from GGV, Bilaspur in 2017, and his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur in June 2022.