Additive Manufacturing of Metals

This engaging volume presents the exciting new technology of additive manufacturing (AM) of metal objects for a broad audience of academic and industry researchers, manufacturing professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, hobbyists, and artists. Innovative applications ranging from rocket nozzles to custom jewelry to medical implants illustrate a new world of freedom in design and fabrication, creating objects otherwise not possible by conventional means.

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Acronyms.- About the Author.- AM Road Map and Hitchhiker's Guide.- Chapter 1: Envision.- Chapter 2: Additive Manufacturing Metal, The Art of the Possible.- Chapter 3: On the Road to AM.- Chapter 4: Understanding Metal for Additive Manufacturing.- Chapter 5: Lasers, Electron Beams, Plasma Arcs.- Chapter 6: Computers, Solid Models, and Robots.- Chapter 7: Origins of 3D Metal Printing.- Chapter 8: Current System Configurations.- Chapter 9: Inspiration to 3D Design.- Chapter 10: Process Development.- Chapter 11: Building, Post Processing, and Inspecting.- Chapter 12: Trends in AM, Government, Industry, Research, Business.- Professional Society and Organization Links.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- AM Machine and Service Resource Links.- Appendix A: Safety in Configuring a 3D Metal Printing Shop.- Appendix B: Exercises in Metal Fusion.- Appendix C: OpenSCAD Programming Example.- Appendix D: 3D Printer Control Code Example.- Appendix E: Building an Arc-Based3D Shape Welding System.- Appendix F: Exercises in 3D Printing.- Appendix G: Score Chart of AM Skills.- Index.