Abstract
Global competition, customer-driven product customisation, accelerated product obsolescence and continued demands for cost savings are forcing companies to look for new technologies to improve their business processes and speed up the product development cycle. Rapid Prototyping (RP) has emerged as a key enabling technology with its ability to shorten product design and development time. RP technologies can be virtual and physical.
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Pham, D.T., Dimov, S.S. (2001). Introduction. In: Rapid Manufacturing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0703-3_1
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