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

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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

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 March 29, 2024)
Created February 26, 2015, Updated October 12, 2021