Additive Manufacturing: Current State, Future Potential, Gaps & Needs, and Recommendations

Published

February 27, 2015

Author(s)

Yong Huang, Ming Leu, Jyoti Mazumder, Alkan Donmez

Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM), the process of joining materials to make objects from three-dimensional (3D) model data, usually layer by layer, is distinctly different from and has many advantages over traditional manufacturing processes. Commonly known as "3D printing," AM provides a cost-effective and time-efficient way to produce low-volume, customized products with complicated geometries and advanced material properties and functionality. As a result of the 2013 NSF Workshop on Frontiers of Additive Manufacturing Research and Education, this paper summarizes AM's current state, future potential, gaps and needs, as well as recommendations for technology and research, university-industry collaboration and technology transfer, and education and training.

Citation

ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volume

137

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

additive manufacturing, 3D printing, direct digital manufacturing

Citation

Huang, Y. , Leu, M. , Mazumder, J. and Donmez, A. (2015), Additive Manufacturing: Current State, Future Potential, Gaps & Needs, and Recommendations, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=916019 (Accessed September 8, 2024)