Printing the products: An overview of the Three Dimensional Printing (3DP) process

초록

This paper work presents an overview of the three dimensional printing process (3DP), its features, capabilities and applications. 3DP has generated a lot of interest in recent years as a tool for creating rapid prototypes, and thereby reducing the design cycle of product development. With the advances in the field, nowadays, it is being used for many purposes other than rapid prototyping, and in fields as diverse as medicine, automobile engineering and art-restoration. Several such case studies covering a wide range of applications are discussed in this paper work. It also analyses the future of 3DP in view of recent developments, and its transformation from rapid prototyping to rapid manufacturing.