The impact of additive fabrication technologies on Institutional Research Development and the SA product development community-the CRPM story

De Beer, D.J.

dc.contributor.author	De Beer, D.J.
dc.contributor.other	Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-03T10:33:11Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-03T10:33:11Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier.issn	1684498X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11462/377
dc.description	Published Aticle	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM) made a humble start in 1997 as a spin-off from a proposed research activity in 1995, at a stage when Technikons were still being seen as occupational training institutions rather than higher education institutions and and as such, were not funded for research. Addressing an area of high importance to the South African industry, the research activity soon grew into a research unit, commercial centre / centre of excellence, technology transfer unit and innovation support centre. Above all, the research started to impact on product development practices to deliver improved products. The paper considers the development of the available technology platforms at the CUT'S CRPM to become a technology power-house on the African continent, and how it impacted on Institutional Research Development in South Africa.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal;Vol 7, Issue 1
dc.subject	Rapid Prototyping	en_US
dc.subject	Rapid Tooling	en_US
dc.subject	Rapid Manufacturing	en_US
dc.subject	Additive Manufacturing	en_US
dc.subject	Computer Aided Design	en_US
dc.subject	Computer Aided Manufacturing	en_US
dc.subject	Computer Numerical Control	en_US
dc.title	The impact of additive fabrication technologies on Institutional Research Development and the SA product development community-the CRPM story	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.rights.holder	Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein