Chapter 1: Fundamentals of New-Age PrintingConcept Additive Manufacturing and Its TypesWhat is 3D Printing?History of 3D PrintingPresent Scenario of 3D Printing1.4.1. Estimated growth of 3D printing in automotives from 2012 to 20251.4.2. Accessible 3D Printing Material Options are Surging1.4.3. Potential areas of improvement ReferencesChapter 2: Basic Know-How about 3D Printing!2.1. Types of Major 3D Printing Technology2.2. Digital Light Processing(DLP)2.3. Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM)2.4. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)2.5. Electron Beam Melting (EBM)2.6. Binder Jettingand Material Jetting2.7. Drop on Demand2.8. The Desktop 3D Printer2.9. Open Source ReferencesChapter 3: Basic Learning of 3D Printing Process3.1 Basic Concepts of 3D Modelling 3.2 Types of Modelling3.3 Design Strategies3.4 Architected Materials3.5 Stimuli-Responsive3.6 Multi-Material3.7 Functionally Graded3.8 How to Slice a Model3.9 Support Structures3.10 FDM vs SLA Slicing3.11 Conclusion3.12 What is G-Code?3.13 Material Consideration3.14 Case StudiesReferencesChapter 4: Selection of Polymers for 3D Printing4.1 Materials Used in Photopolymerization Process4.2 Polyjet4.3 Digital Materials4.4 Electron Beam Melting4.5 Support Material4.6 Physical Structure of Polymers4.7 Inter-Polymer ForcesReferencesChapter 5: 3D Printing Vis-a-Vis Traditional Prototyping 5.1. Moving away from Metal 5.2. Cause of choosing polymers over metal5.3. Printing Computationally Complex Objects5.4. Printing Physically Big Objects5.5. Post Processing5.6. Troubleshooting5.7. Printing Defects and remedies5.8. Small Features PrintingReferences Chapter 6: Scopes for Using Waste Plastics6.1. Introduction6.2. The Problem of Plastics6.3 Pollution by Plastics Additives6.4 Plastic Pollution Is a Human Health Issue6.5 How to Turn Plastic Waste into 3D Printing Profit6.6 Polymer Recycling in AM
an Opportunity for the Circular Economy6.7 Polymers/Composites Made from Recycled Materials Through FDM6.8 SCALE UP Studies6.9 The Future of 3D Printing in ManufacturingReferencesChapter 7: 3D Printing Vs Injection Moulding7.1. Basics of injection moulding7.2. Injection molding equipment, moulds and process7.3. Different Type Injection moulding process7.4. Injection moulding process parameters7.5. Micron injection moulding7.6. Cons of Injection moulding7.7. Benefits of 3D PriningReferencesChapter 8: Futuristic 3D Printing Applications 8.1. 3D printing in classrooms8.2. Scientific visualisation8.3. Revolution in medical fields8.4. Challenges of digital construction8.5. Building Information Modeling (BIM)8.6. Problems relating to materialsReferencesChapter 9: Polymer 4D Printing-Future Perspective9.1. Introduction of 4D Printing9.2. Fundamentals of 4D Printing9.3. Factors responsible for 4D printing9.4. Laws of 4D printing9.5. Technology fundamentals of 3D and 4D printing9.6. Smart Materials9.7. 3D Printing vs 4D Printing9.8. 4D Printing Examples9.9. Different techniques of 4D printing9.10. Development of 4D printing9.11. How Qi's 4D printing technology works9.12. Applications of 4D printing9.13. Advantages of 4D printing9.14. Disadvantages of 4D printing9.15. Motivations9.16. Future directions and opportunitiesReferences