| Acronym |
Title |
Description |
| 3DP |
Three Dimensional Printing |
Developed by MIT and then licensed
to 6 companies, for products like the Z402 Z-Corp machine.
http://www.zcorp.com |
| CAM-LEM |
Computer Aided Manufacturing Layer
of Laminated Engineering Materials |
The CAM - LEM process, like other
rapid prototyping methods, originates in a CAD model decomposed into
boundary contours of thin slices. The component is developed
in a layered manner, then post-processed to yield optimum mechanical
and surface properties.
http://www.camlem.com/camlemprocess.html |
| CC |
Contour Crafting |
The use of a set of plates to model
a flow of extruded plastic into a shell.
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~khoshnev/us-tech.htm |
| CLOM |
Curved Laminated Object Manufacturing |
Working on the same principal as
LOM , but using a forming board to make the layers curved to produce
different geometries. |
| DMLS |
Direct Metal Laser Sintering |
A thin layer of metallic powder is
spread over a building platform and locally sintered by a laser beam,
controlled by a computer which reads the shape data from a CAD system.
Layer by layer the three-dimensional geometry is reconstructed in
every detail, enabling even highly complex parts and tools to be built
up quickly and fully automatically.
http://www.eos-gmbh.de |
| DMD |
Direct Metal Deposition |
The Commercial name for LENS, marketed
by Optomec.
http://www.optomec.com |
| EDSSM |
Extrusion and Deposition of
Semi-Solid Metals |
A process in its infancy, the extrusion
of semi solid metals to create prototypes in metal in short leadtimes. |
| FDC |
Fused Deposition of Ceramics |
The process works as per FDM but
using filaments combined with ceramics. |
| FDM |
Fused Deposition Modelling |
The FDM process forms three-dimensional
objects from CAD-generated solid or surface models. A temperature-controlled
head extrudes thermoplastic material layer by layer. The designed
object emerges as a solid three-dimensional part without the need
for tooling.
http://www.stratasys.com |
| FDMet |
Fused Deposition of Metals |
The process works as per FDM but
using filaments combined with metals. |
| LCVD |
Laser Chemical Vapour Deposition |
The process of heating a vapour to
a state where a deposit is left on a substrate This can be used to
build up a geometry with the deposit. |
| LENS |
Laser Engineered Net Shape |
A high powered laser is used to melt
metal powder supplied to the focus of a laser beam by a deposition
head.The build up of this powder on top of a substrate can be used
to produce a solid part whose properties are as as good as if not
better than the constituent parts. Created by Sandia LABS under the
name LENS but marketed commercially as DMD, through Optomec.
http://www.optomec.com |
| LOM |
Laminated Object Manufacturing |
Profiles of object cross sections
are cut from butcher paper using a laser. The paper is unwound from
a feed roll onto the stack and bonded to the previous layer using
a heated roller. The process is marketed commercially by Helisys who
have currently ceased trading. |
| PLD |
Pulsed Laser Deposition |
Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is an efficient method to deposit thin films by utilizing a technique called laser ablation. This invention relies on a free-space magnetic field in a pulsed laser deposition chamber for forming high-quality thin films made from diverted ions from a plume evaporated from an ablated target illuminated by a pulsed laser beam.
http://www.hut.fi/Units/AES/projects/prlaser/pld.htm |
| RFP |
Rapid Freeze Prototyping |
A Developing Process of freezing
water into a 3D model. |
| SALD |
Selective Area Laser Deposition |
The method of decomposing a gas pyrolitically
or photolittically to produce a deposit in order to create a 3D shape. |
| SALDVI |
Selective Area Laser Deposition and
Vapour Infiltration |
The same as SALD but the substrate
used in SALD is now part of the end product and the gas is used merely
to fill the gaps in the substrate. |
| SLA |
Stereolithography |
A method of photocuring a resin
with a laser to produce a 3d geometry. One of the most commonly
used RP techniques, developed by 3D Systems.
http://www.3dsystems.com |
| SLS |
Selective Laser Sintering |
A Process of sintering together layers
of powder (e.g. nylon or glass filled nylon) into a 3d model with
a laser. A very commonly used RP technique, developed by DTM and EOS.
http://www.eos-gmbh.de
|
| N/A |
Laser Caving |
Use of a fine laser to machine metal
to a high accuracy
http://www.gildemeister.com |
Machines
