3D Printing Engineering Design: A Practical Handbook of Additive Manufacturing, Materials, Process Control, and Quality for Engineers and Makers - Softcover

Vector, Ph.D., Dr. Danie

9798177215495: 3D Printing Engineering Design: A Practical Handbook of Additive Manufacturing, Materials, Process Control, and Quality for Engineers and Makers

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ISBN 13: 9798177215495

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

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3D Printing Engineering Design is a practical, design-centered guide to additive manufacturing for engineers, engineering students, technical professionals, and makers who want to move beyond simply operating a 3D printer and understand how to design, manufacture, evaluate, and qualify functional parts. The book treats additive manufacturing as a complete engineering discipline—connecting digital design, materials, process physics, manufacturing constraints, performance, verification, quality, and production economics.

Beginning with the fundamentals of additive manufacturing, the book explains the major process categories and shows how a digital model progresses through CAD, mesh generation, build preparation, slicing, and machine instructions before becoming a physical component. It then examines engineering materials, feedstock behavior, melt pools, solidification, bonding, residual stress, distortion, and the physical origins of manufacturing defects. 3D_Printing_Engineering NEW

A major focus is Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM). Readers learn how to design within process constraints while taking advantage of additive manufacturing’s unique geometric freedom. Topics include overhangs, walls, holes, clearances, moving parts, part consolidation, functional integration, build orientation, support structures, anisotropy, surface quality, and strength. The book also explores advanced lightweighting methods such as lattice structures, topology optimization, generative design, and functionally graded structures.

The practical engineering workflow continues beyond printing. Dedicated chapters address dimensional accuracy, tolerances, surface roughness, metrology, GD&T, post-processing, heat treatment, support removal, surface finishing, mechanical testing, fatigue, non-destructive evaluation, statistical properties, part qualification, process monitoring, defect control, feedstock quality, machine qualification, traceability, and quality systems.

Readers will also explore the economic and production side of additive manufacturing, including machine cost, build time, material cost, cost per part, break-even analysis, production planning, safety, standards, sustainability, industrial applications, and emerging technologies.

Inside this book, you will learn how to:

Understand the seven major additive manufacturing process categories and their engineering applications.
Select appropriate materials and processes for specific design requirements.
Develop reliable CAD-to-part digital workflows.
Apply DfAM principles to improve manufacturability, strength, and functionality.
Control build orientation, supports, tolerances, and anisotropic behavior.
Design lattice structures and topology-optimized lightweight components.
Recognize common defects and understand their physical causes.
Apply dimensional inspection, metrology, testing, and quality-control methods.
Plan post-processing and finishing operations for functional components.
Evaluate production cost, workflow, safety, standards, and qualification requirements.

With worked calculations, practice problems, engineering explanations, and a structured progression from fundamentals to production-ready design, 3D Printing Engineering Design provides readers with a comprehensive framework for turning digital concepts into reliable, functional additive-manufactured parts. The book is particularly suited to upper-level engineering students and early-career practitioners, while remaining accessible to technically minded makers seeking a deeper understanding of the engineering behind additive manufacturing.

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