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Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) or Rapid Prototyping (RP) includes a very different range of fabrication techniques in which a solid physical model of the part is made directly from a 3-D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) file so offering a new freedom to shape complex parts without the constraints imposed by forming, machining, or joining. Depending on the specific SFF technique, (multi)layered ceramics, membrane-like ceramic structures, complex shaped bulk ceramics may be fabricated by versatile and cost effective means.

Contributions exploiting advances in SFF techniques and applications are sought on the following subjects:

• Selective Laser Sintering
• Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM)
• Fused Deposition Modelling
• Stereo lithography
• 3D-printing
• Ink-jet printing
• Extrusion Free Forming