Do you consider Rapid Prototyping as Additive Manufacturing?
Do you consider Rapid Prototyping as Additive Manufacturing?
Answer
Rapid Prototyping is definitely additive manufacturing but it was actually just the beginning of this technology:
initially there was no concern on the statistical material properties. Rapid prototyping was being used for manufacturing of sophisticated moulds for castings or for non-critical non-loaded parts to fit into prototype designs. For serial parts production and also going from non-loaded to critical loaded parts, much more stringent requirements for material properties and manufacturing process stability will have to be fulfilled.
Last updated
18/10/2019