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Polymers for 3D Printing
Methods, Properties, and Characteristics
- 1st Edition - June 5, 2022
- Editor: Joanna Izdebska-Podsiadły
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 3 1 1 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 3 1 2 - 0
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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Request a sales quotePolymers 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.
- 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
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
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Plastics Design Library (PDL) PDL Handbook Series
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Reviewers' names
- Acknowledgment
- Part I. Introduction to 3D printing
- Chapter 1. History of the development of additive polymer technologies
- 1.1. Introduction to additive manufacturing
- 1.2. The origins of additive manufacturing
- 1.3. Dynamic development of additive manufacturing and next-generation machines from 2000 to 2010
- 1.4. Contemporary additive manufacturing
- 1.5. Summary
- Chapter 2. The concept of 3D printing
- 2.1. Concept of additive manufacturing
- 2.2. 3D modeling
- 2.3. Design rules for additive manufacturing
- 2.4. Preparing a file for printing
- 2.5. Summary
- Chapter 3. Classification of 3D printing methods
- 3.1. Classification of additive manufacturing processes
- 3.2. Brief description of additive manufacturing processes
- 3.3. Comparison of key techniques
- 3.4. Market share of each technology and forecast
- 3.5. Summary
- Chapter 4. Materials for 3D printing
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Liquid polymers – photopolymer resins, binders, and viscous ink
- 4.3. Polymer powders
- 4.4. Filaments and wires
- 4.5. Pellets and recycled materials
- 4.6. Polymeric sheets and films
- 4.7. Polymer composites and nanocomposites
- 4.8. Biopolymers, hydrogels, and smart materials
- 4.9. Conclusions
- Chapter 5. Application of 3D printing
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Main applications of 3D printing
- 5.3. Main AM technologies and their applications
- 5.4. Conclusions
- Part II. 3D Printing methods
- Chapter 6. Vat photopolymerization
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Brief historical overview
- 6.3. Stereolithography apparatus
- 6.4. Digital light processing
- 6.5. Digital light synthesis
- 6.6. Liquid crystal display (3D printing)
- 6.7. Two-photon photopolymerization
- 6.8. Top-down and bottom-up approaches to 3D printer construction
- 6.9. Support structure
- 6.10. Advantages and disadvantages of vat photopolymerization processes
- 6.11. Applications of vat photopolymerization
- 6.12. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Material extrusion
- 7.1. Method introduction
- 7.2. Machines/available equipment
- 7.3. Polymers in material extrusion
- 7.4. Software and executors file
- 7.5. Postprocessing
- 7.6. Typical problems
- 7.7. Advantages and disadvantages
- 7.8. Technology applications
- 7.9. Final considerations/concluding remarks and future insight
- Chapter 8. Material jetting
- 8.1. Multi jet printing – description of technology
- 8.2. PolyJet modeling – description of technology
- 8.3. Materials
- 8.4. Advantages and disadvantages
- 8.5. Concluding remarks and future insight
- Chapter 9. Powder bed fusion
- 9.1. Method introduction
- 9.2. SLS systems
- 9.3. Advantages and disadvantages of powder bed fusion
- 9.4. Materials for powder bed fusion
- 9.5. Concluding remarks and future insight
- Chapter 10. Binder jetting
- 10.1. Method introduction
- 10.2. Advantages and disadvantages
- 10.3. Technology applications
- 10.4. Binder Jetting machines
- 10.5. Binder Jetting 3D printing and polymers materials
- 10.6. Final considerations
- Chapter 11. Sheet lamination
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Sheet lamination systems
- 11.3. Advantages and disadvantages of sheet lamination process
- 11.4. Applications of sheet lamination processes
- 11.5. Concluding remarks and future insight
- Chapter 12. Direct energy deposition
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Polymer DED technology
- 12.3. Advantages and disadvantages of polymer DED technology
- 12.4. Applications of polymer DED technology
- 12.5. Concluding remarks and future insight
- Part III. Polymers used in 3D printing—properties and attributes
- Chapter 13. Photopolymers for 3D printing
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Processing techniques of photopolymers
- 13.3. Characteristics and properties of photopolymers
- 13.4. Applications
- 13.5. Bio-based photopolymers
- 13.6. Opportunities and challenges
- Chapter 14. Polymers in printing filaments
- 14.1. 3D printing filaments – introduction
- 14.2. Commodity polymers
- 14.3. Engineering polymers
- 14.4. High-performance polymers
- 14.5. Polymer composites
- 14.6. Final considerations
- Chapter 15. Polymer powders
- 15.1. Powders – introduction
- 15.2. Polyamide powders
- 15.3. Polyetherketoneketone reinforced with carbon fibers
- 15.4. Thermoplastic elastomer
- 15.5. Polystyrene
- 15.6. Polypropylene
- 15.7. Polyphenylene sulfide
- 15.8. Conclusions
- Chapter 16. Plastic pellets
- 16.1. Necessity of pellet-based 3D printing
- 16.2. Introduction and classification of polymer pellets
- 16.3. Pellet feeding methods for 3D printing
- 16.4. 3D printers for pellets
- 16.5. Process of creating pellets from polymer waste
- 16.6. Compounding of polymer pellets for improved material properties
- 16.7. Summary
- Chapter 17. Films for sheet lamination
- 17.1. Introduction
- 17.2. Poly(vinyl chloride)
- 17.3. Polymer composites
- 17.4. Environmental impact with the respect to materials and SHL process
- 17.5. Conclusion
- Chapter 18. Polymers for 3D bioprinting
- 18.1. Introduction
- 18.2. Properties and requirements for bioprinted polymers
- 18.3. Applications
- 18.4. Polymers for 3D bioprinting
- 18.5. Final considerations
- Part IV. Polymer market in 3D printing
- Chapter 19. Global market structure
- 19.1. Introduction
- 19.2. 3D printing global value chains
- 19.3. Presence of 3D printing techniques on the global market
- 19.4. Presence of 3D printing materials on the global market
- 19.5. Current state of polymer 3D printing material manufacturers and services
- 19.6. Current market presence of bio-based polymers
- 19.7. Innovative approaches and novelties in material production
- 19.8. Major challenges for polymer in 3D printing
- 19.9. Conclusions
- Chapter 20. 3D printing trends and perspectives
- 20.1. Introduction
- 20.2. Construction industry
- 20.3. Food
- 20.4. Bio
- 20.5. Composites
- 20.6. Smart polymers
- 20.7. Final considerations
- Index
- No. of pages: 408
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 5, 2022
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128183113
- eBook ISBN: 9780128183120
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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.
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Institute of Mechanics and Printing, Faculty of Production Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, PolandRead Polymers for 3D Printing on ScienceDirect