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Benchmark Study of Rapid Prototyping Processes and the Development of Decision-support System to Select Appropriate RP Process and Machine  

Yi Il Lang (한국생산기술연구원 생산정보팀)
Chung Il Yong (한국생산기술연구원 생산정보팀)
Choi Byung Wook (한국생산기술연구원 생산정보팀)
Keum Young Tag (한양대학교 기계공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering / v.22, no.11, 2005 , pp. 202-209 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, benchmark tests of Rapid Prototyping(RP) are presented to evaluate characteristics of various RP Systems and Processes, and several decision-support systems are developed to select RP Machine/Process suitable to user's requirements. Results of the RP benchmark tests are applied to the recently developed RP machines for the purpose of analyzing attributes such as dimensional accuracy, surface roughness, build cost, build time, and etc. Decision-making support systems are also developed, which contain not only new LCE (Linear Confidence Equation) algorithm but also modified PRES and MDS algorithm. Those algorithms are proved to be effective in that reasonably acceptable results are obtained on several cases of different inputs.
Keywords
Rapid prototyping; Benchmark test; Decision-support system; LCE algorithm; Modified MDS algorithm;
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