3D scanning 16
3D Systems, Inc. 21, 22, 57, 69, 71, 75, 112, 183, 187
4D printing 187
Adidas 134, 185, 196
Airbus 104, 109
Aleph Objects 80
American Standard 196
Apis Cor 177
Aprecia Spritam 195
Arcam 67, 75, 116
Autodesk 35, 150–151
Baseball cleats 13
BeeHex 183
Benchy boat 146–147, 207
Big area additive manufacturing (BAAM) 109
Binder jetting 10, 69–70, 74
Bioprinting 108, 168–176
Boeing 109, 117
Branch Technology 179
ByFlow 183
Carbon (3D printer company) 58, 108, 134
Cessna 117
Clothing 185–187
Color copiers (uniquely identified to prevent counterfeiting) 17, 38
Computer Assisted Design (CAD) 2, 9, 10, 16, 25, 35, 36, 38, 63, 84, 98, 99, 102, 105, 121, 122, 171, 176
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) 1, 6, 7, 16, 22, 50, 68, 197
Concept Laser 117
Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) 94
Construction industry 176–181
Continuous Direct Light Processing (CDLP) 58–59
Contour Crafting 177–179, 180
Counterfeiting 158
CT scanning of 3D printed parts 51
Danko Arlington 7–10
Data, role of in 3D printing 34–39, 169, 171
Davis, Thomas 13
Dentistry 12, 93–97, 103
Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) 19, 124, 148–149
Design rules for additive manufacturing 26–27
Desktop Metal 19, 62, 72
“Digital thread” from conception to end user 5, 35,
Directed Energy Deposition 44, 72–74
Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) 64–65
Dougherty, Dale 79
Dynetics 118–119
Education, 3D printing and 88–93, 154–157
Electron Beam Melting (EBM) 65–67
Elementum 135
EOS 75, 94
Etsy 78
ExOne 22, 69
Exoskeletons 13
Eyeglasses 139, 195, 197
Facebook 11
Fatigue 46
Felix, Alyson 13
Food 181–185
Foodini (Natural Machines) 184
Food Ink 196
Ford 86
Formula 1 104
Functionally graded materials 11, 153–154
Fused Deposition Modeling (see also Fused Filament Fabrication) 5, 8, 9, 45, 59–62, 71, 75
Fused Filament Fabrication 59–62
G-code 38
GE 19–21, 75, 88–89, 108, 109, 111, 113–118, 153, 157, 192
Generative design 10, 150–151, 189
Gershenfeld, Neil 16–18, 23
Globalization 141
Grain behavior of 3D-printed metal 32, 33
Guns 161–163
HP 20–21, 56, 74–75, 108, 119, 200
Hearing aids 12, 97, 140, 167, 197
Housing 11
Hull, Charles 57
Hybrid manufacturing technologies 47–48
Inconel 33–34, 43, 113
Inspection of 3D-printed parts 50–51, 110
Intellectual property 157–161
International Space Station 15
Invisalign 94–96
ISO/ASTM standard 52900 56
Jabil 119
Jewelry 104
Jigs and fixtures 7
Local Motors 109
L’Oreal 168
LulzBot 80
M3XD 109
Make magazine 79, 82, 207
Maker culture 2, 5, 77–88
MakerBot Industries 19, 22, 83
MarkForged 61, 72
Mass customization 6, 12, 132, 136–142, 192
Material density 44
Material extrusion 59–62
Materialise 21, 35, 42
Materials 28, 190
Mercedes 128
Microwave ovens 16
Ministry of Supply 186–187
MIT 11, 61, 186, 187, 203
Model-based engineering 35
Morris, Greg 48, 114–115
Nano Dimension 71, 188
Nanoscribe 59
NASA 182
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 143, 146–147
New Balance 13, 186
Nike 13, 15
Nitinol 135
Nitschke, Philip 164
Nondestructive testing (NDT) 50–51
nScript 188
Oak Ridge National Laboratories 109
Optomec 73
Organovo 168
Oxman, Neri 186
Part consolidation 121, 151–153
Peels, Joris 91–92
Porsche 128
Post-processing of 3D-printed parts 39, 44, 47–51, 72, 73
Powder bed 3D-printing methods 44, 62–67
Presentation models 102
Razors-and-blades business model 20
RepRap 79–80
Residual stress 45
Reverse engineering 35, 105–107
Robot Bike Co. 97–98, 131
Sand molds for metal casting 8, 10, 69, 104
Sandia National Laboratories 72
Sculpteo 21
Selective Laser Melting (SLM) 64–65
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 64–65, 74, 75
Senvol database 207
Shapeways 21, 84
Sheet lamination 67–68
Shop floor integration of 3D printing 52–53
Skills required for 3D printing 52, 101, 107–108, 125, 189–190
Skyfall (James Bond movie) 103
Solidscape 71
Spare parts 15
Stereolithography 12
Stereolithography apparatus (SLA) 57, 71, 167, 187
STL file format 36–38
Stratasys 19, 21, 22, 59, 71, 75, 83, 186
Superfeet 87
Support structures 40–41, 51, 148, 149
Tailored Fits 136–138
TechShop 81
Teenage Engineering 84
Testing and standards for 3D-printed parts 142–147
Thermal history of 3D-printed parts 32, 40
Titanium and alloys 29–30
Topology optimization 149–150
Ultimate Ears 87
Vat photopolymerization 57–59
Voxeljet 22, 69, 103
XJet 71
Wedding cake toppers 5, 99
Wheelchairs 13
Wilson, Cody 161–163
WinSun 179
Wohlers Associates 21, 207
Workflow integration 112