Advances in 3d Printing & Additive Manufacturing Technologies

This edited volume comprises select chapters on advanced technologies for 3D printing and additive manufacturing and how these technologies have changed the face of direct, digital technologies for rapid production of models, prototypes and patterns. Because of its wide applications, 3D printing and additive manufacturing technology has become a powerful new industrial revolution in the field of manufacturing. The evolution of 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies has changed design, engineering and manufacturing processes across industries such as consumer products, aerospace, medical devices and automotives. The objective of this book is to help designers, R&D personnel, and practicing engineers understand the state-of-the-art developments in the field of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing.

Professor David Ian Wimpenny

Professor David Ian Wimpenny is currently appointed as the Chief Technologist at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Coventry, UK. He joined MTC in the year 2011 as a Technology Manager, and is working as a full time Technologist of the Component Technology Group at the MTC. He is the member of Technology Strategy Board Panel. Prof. Wimpenny is a Funding Advisor of National Science Foundation (NSF) since 2006. He is the Chairman of the Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing Forum for the HVM Catapult. His past roles include being head of the research at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK from 2009 to 2011 and director of Additive Manufacturing Technology Group in the Department of Engineering & Technology at De Montfort University from 2001 to 2011. Professor David Ian Wimpenny is also the member of the Additive Manufacturing Special Interest Group (AM-SIG) which was established by the Technology Strategy Board to develop a road map for the UK AM sector. He has served as an international reviewer for several international conference committees. His major activities are in the area of Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Product Development, Laser Printing, Surface Engineering and Manufacturing Production Tooling. He has published more than 60 papers in international/national journals and presented papers in seminars and international conferences. He has 3 patents to his credit and is involved with several major industries for Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering and Computer Aided Design. He has guided 6 PhD students (awarded) and over 150 MSc students in his capacity as a professor. He is also a member of the review committees of several reputed international journals, including Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping and Materials Processing Technology. Professor David Ian Wimpenny has 2 books to his credit, Digital Model Production and Digital Design and Manufacturing in Dentistry. He was also a co-editor of theRapid Prototyping Case Book.