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Article: Rapid prototyping: state-of-the-art manufacturing.
- Article from:
- Industrial Management
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
- Author:
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Rapid prototyping is the direct conversion of an electronic computer-aided design model into a solid physical model. The creation of prototype models for design refinement is central to the new product development process. According to Ashley, "The most time consuming and costly stage of new product development is the creation of a prototype." Thus, new technological processes that reduce the time and effort needed to create prototypes will improve the efficiency of the design process. The time and effort in redesign that can be saved by finding and eliminating flawed components before mass production begins is tremendous. One critical error that slips through the design ...
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