Additive manufacturing of polymer materials: Progress, promise and challenges

S Saleh Alghamdi, S John, N Roy Choudhury… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of additive manufacturing (AM) has moved well beyond prototyping and has been
established as a highly versatile manufacturing method with demonstrated potential to …

Design for Additive Manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints

MK Thompson, G Moroni, T Vaneker, G Fadel… - CIRP annals, 2016 - Elsevier
The past few decades have seen substantial growth in Additive Manufacturing (AM)
technologies. However, this growth has mainly been process-driven. The evolution of …

Design heuristics for additive manufacturing validated through a user study

A Blösch-Paidosh, K Shea - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Additive manufacturing (AM) has unique capabilities when compared to traditional
manufacturing, such as shape, hierarchical, functional, and material complexity, a fact that …

Comparing additive manufacturing technologies for customised wrist splints

AM Paterson, R Bibb, RI Campbell… - Rapid Prototyping …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to compare four different additive manufacturing (AM)
processes to assess their suitability in the context of upper extremity splinting …

Systems, devices, and methods for deposition-based three-dimensional printing

SW Pattinson, AJ Hart - US Patent 10,696,034, 2020 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and devices for extrusion-based three-dimensional printing are provided.
The methods, systems, and devices allow for the printing materials such as fabrics, clothing …

Two-dimensional (2D) fabrics and three-dimensional (3D) preforms for ballistic and stabbing protection: A review

K Bilisik - Textile Research Journal, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, the impact resistance of two-dimensional (2D) fabrics and three-dimensional
(3D) preforms is explained. These fabrics and preforms include 2D and 3D woven and …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing in polymer research: Advances, synthesis, and applications

MA Islam, MH Mobarak, MIH Rimon, MZ Al Mahmud… - Polymer Testing, 2024 - Elsevier
This study delves into how additive manufacturing has revolutionized the production of
polymers over the last three decades. Traditional polymer production finds it difficult to fulfill …

Body armor for stab and spike protection, Part 1: Scientific literature review

R Nayak, I Crouch, S Kanesalingam… - Textile Research …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the invention of small arms ammunition, the human torso has required protection from
hand-gun bullets, and today's civil and military personnel are regularly clad in soft body …

Additive manufacturing of biomechanically tailored meshes for compliant wearable and implantable devices

SW Pattinson, ME Huber, S Kim, J Lee… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Additive manufacturing (AM) of medical devices such as orthopedic implants and hearing
aids is highly attractive because of the potential of AM to match the complex form and …

Potentials and challenges of additive manufacturing techniques in the fabrication of polymer composites

S Salifu, O Ogunbiyi, PA Olubambi - The International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
As a promising technology capable of transforming the conventional manufacturing
techniques, the use of additive manufacturing (AM) has span beyond the prototyping it was …