Advances in metal additive manufacturing: a review of common processes, industrial applications, and current challenges

A Vafadar, F Guzzomi, A Rassau, K Hayward - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, Additive Manufacturing (AM), also called 3D printing, has been expanding
into several industrial sectors due to the technology providing opportunities in terms of …

Mechanical characterization of 3D-printed polymers

JRC Dizon, AH Espera Jr, Q Chen, RC Advincula - Additive manufacturing, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing, more formally known as Additive Manufacturing (AM), is already being
adopted for rapid prototyping and soon rapid manufacturing. This review provides a brief …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of particle morphology and size distribution on the powder flowability and laser powder bed fusion manufacturability of Ti-6Al-4V alloy

SE Brika, M Letenneur, CA Dion, V Brailovski - Additive Manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing technology is sensitive to variations
in powder particle morphology and size distribution. However, the absence of a clear link …

Powders for powder bed fusion: a review

S Vock, B Klöden, A Kirchner, T Weißgärber… - Progress in Additive …, 2019 - Springer
The quality of powder used in powder bed-based additive manufacturing plays a key role
concerning process performance and end part properties. Even though this is a generally …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing: scientific and technological challenges, market uptake and opportunities

SAM Tofail, EP Koumoulos, A Bandyopadhyay, S Bose… - Materials today, 2018 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) is fundamentally different from traditional formative or
subtractive manufacturing in that it is the closest to the 'bottom up'manufacturing where a …

A review on qualification and certification for metal additive manufacturing

Z Chen, C Han, M Gao, SY Kandukuri… - Virtual and Physical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has tremendous potential for manufacturing
geometrically complex metallic products with freedom of design and desirable performance …

Environmental sustainability of digitalization in manufacturing: A review

X Chen, M Despeisse, B Johansson - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The rapid development and implementation of digitalization in manufacturing has enormous
impact on the environment. It is still unclear whether digitalization has positive or negative …

Lasers in additive manufacturing: A review

H Lee, CHJ Lim, MJ Low, N Tham… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
In recent years, additive manufacturing, also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, has
emerged as an environmentally friendly green manufacturing technology which brings great …

Powder bed fusion process: A brief review

DD Singh, T Mahender, AR Reddy - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) is an Additive Manufacturing (AM) process. It is the layer
by layer addition process. In the future, it is going to be manufactured all types of products …

Why manufacturers adopt additive manufacturing technologies: The role of sustainability

MK Niaki, SA Torabi, F Nonino - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging manufacturing technologies can affect the performance of manufacturing systems
considerably. Hence, a proportionate and purposive choice of such technologies would …