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Additive Manufacturing—Past, Present, and the Future

Year: 2020

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This chapter provides a rough overall view of the current state of additive manufacturing, how the status quo was reached and what the future looks like, and how these issues are related to the Manufacturing 4.0 context. Chapter focuses on the most developed and studied form of additive manufacturing—laser based powder bed fusion of metal materials. Main challenges, possibilities, and technology readiness-level are presented together with a discussion about the approximate costs related to manufacturing with the-state-of-the-art systems.

Source: Springer eBooks

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46103-4_2

Authors: Markus Korpela, Niko Riikonen, Heidi Piili, Antti Salminen, Olli Nyrhilä

Institutions: Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, University of Turku

Language: English

Topic: Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Subfield: Mechanical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Strategic Research Council