The whole RP family tree

The whole RP family tree

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Preface

Originally document under name The whole RP family tree was placed at http://ltk.hut.fi/~koukka/RP/rptree.html

After some time web page by koukka was deleted and next it's copy was found at Archive.org and plased at http://shatura.laser.ru/Rapid/rptree/rptree.html

This article should be wiki-based version of «The whole RP family tree»

Legend

Method not commercially available anymore or research is ended

Method under research

Commercial method

Equipment manufacture

Liquids

Photocurable Liquids

Curing by light through masks

• Solid Ground Curing (SGC) by Cubital Inc. , Dead link, look at Internet archive
• Design-Controlled Automated Fabrication (DESCAF) by Light Sculpting Inc.
• Rapid Micro Product Development (RMPD) by MicroTEC
• Microstereolithography at LMIS4 - Group of Prof. Ph. Renaud, by Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL), look also at publications by Arnaud Bertsch

Curing with a visible light laser

• Mark 1000 by Quadrax Laser Technologies Inc. (company merged to 3D Systems 1992)

Curing with an UV-laser (single beam)

• StereoLithography (SLA) by 3D Systems
• Stereolithography by Aaroflex Inc.
• Stereolithography by Russian Academy of Sciences
• Stereos (Stereos line was sold to 3D System 1997) by EOS
• Stereolithography by Fockele & Schwarze
• (???) [Solid Laser Diode Plotter System (SLP) by Denken
• Solid Creation System (SCS) by Sony Manufacturing Systems Corporation
• Soliform by Teijin-Seiki
• (resine manufacture) Solid Object Ultra-Violet Laser Plotting (SOUP) CMET (in original The whole RP family tree - Mitsubishi/CMET; according to company's history page - 2001 business merged with Opto-image Company, belonging to Teijin Seiki Ltd, 2000, company name changed to CMET Inc., 1992 Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd released the SOLIFORM stereolithography system, 1990 - CMET founded, 1988 SOUP, the first stereolithography machine in Japan was released)
• UniRapid by Unirapid Inc.
• Meiko by Meiko
• Air Bubble Stereolithography by Osaka Sangyo University

Curing with two laser beams simultaneously

• Holographic Interference Solidification by Quadtec
• Beam Interference Solidification by Batelle Development Corporation
• Photochemical Machining by Formigraphics Inc.

Curing by visible light with a dvd-device

• Direct Photo Shaping (DPS) by SRI International (1998-2001) Dead link, look at Internet archive

Hybrid, combining inkjet-technique and curing with an UV-lamp

• Objet 3D-printer by Objet Geometries Ltd.

Powders

Melting of powder

Sintering with a heat transferring laser

• Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) by DTM Corporation (was sold to/eat by 3D System at 2001), dead link, web site content lost: Internet archive can't show history
• SLS (Solid Imaging Solutions) by 3D Systems
• Direct Plastic/Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) by EOS
• Selective Laser Sintering of Ceramics by Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen
• Selective Laser Reaction Sintering (SLRS) by University of Texas
• Direct Metal Fabrication (DMF) by Rockwell Scientific
• Compacted-powder SLS by The University of Manchester

Melting with a heat transferring laser

• Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) by Optomec/Sandia National Laboratories (nowadays method is called DMDS - Direct Material Deposition System)
• Lasform by AeroMet
• Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) by Precision Optical Manufacturing/The University of Michigan
• Direct Light Fabrication (DLF) by Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Controlled Metal Buildup (CMB) by Fraunhofer IPT
• Direct Light Fabrication by University of Birmingham's School of Metallurgy and Materials
• Laser Aided Direct Rapid Prototyping (LADRP) by University of Central Florida
• Laser-aided Powder Solidification / Powder Jet (LAPS-J) by Institute fЭr Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW), The University of Stuttgart
• Selective-laser-melting by Fockele & Schwarze

References

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