An overview of advanced rapid prototyping techniques and their use in foundry industry

This bachelor thesis deals with overview of Rapid Prototyping techniques and their application at foundry industry. It’s split into three parts. In the first part is shown whole process that leads to prototype creation with rapid prototyping techniques. Second part shows overview of techniques which are used around the world. It’s split into three smaller parts that shows basic allocation between techniques and there are main specifications, advantages, disadvantages and application. The last part is summary of current situation in Czech Republic and there is practical example of application Rapid Prototyping techniques at manufacturing