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Polymers for 3D Printing

Methods, Properties, and Characteristics

  • 1st Edition - June 5, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Joanna Izdebska-Podsiadły
  • Language: English

Polymers for 3D Printing: Methods, Properties, and Characteristics provides a detailed guide to polymers for 3D printing, bridging the gap between research and practice, and enabli… Read more

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Description

Polymers for 3D Printing: Methods, Properties, and Characteristics provides a detailed guide to polymers for 3D printing, bridging the gap between research and practice, and enabling engineers, technicians and designers to utilise and implement this technology for their products or applications.

Key features

  • Presents the properties, attributes, and potential applications of the polymeric materials used in 3D printing
  • Analyses and compares the available methods for 3D printing, with an emphasis on the latest cutting-edge technologies
  • Enables the reader to select and implement the correct 3D printing technology, according to polymer properties or product requirements

Readership

Industry: Plastics engineers, product designers, scientists, and R&D professionals, looking to utilize 3D printing technology for plastic/polymer products across a large range of application areas. Academia: Researchers, scientists and advanced students in additive manufacturing, plastics engineering, polymer science, processing technology, and mechanical engineering

Table of contents

I Introduction to 3D printing

1. History of the development of additive polymer technologies

2. The concept of 3D printing

3. Classification of 3D printing methods

4. Materials for 3D printing

5. Application of 3D printing

II 3D Printing methods

6. Vat photopolymerization

7. Material extrusion

8. Material jetting

9. Powder bed fusion

10. Binder jetting

11. Sheet lamination

12. Direct energy deposition

III Polymers used in 3D printing e properties and attributes

13. Photopolymers for 3D printing

14. Polymers in printing filaments

15. Polymer powders

16. Plastic pellets

17. Films for sheet lamination

18. Polymers for 3D bioprinting

IV Polymer market in 3D printing

19. Global market structure

20. 3D printing trends and perspectives

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 5, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editor

JI

Joanna Izdebska-Podsiadły

Joanna Izdebska-Podsiadły works at the Institute of Mechanics and Printing in the Faculty of Production Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Mechanics and Printing, Faculty of Production Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

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