Additive Manufacturing—Past, Present, and the Future

Markus Korpela (), Niko Riikonen (), Heidi Piili (), Antti Salminen () and Olli Nyrhilä ()
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Markus Korpela: LUT University
Niko Riikonen: LUT University
Heidi Piili: LUT University
Antti Salminen: University of Turku
Olli Nyrhilä: EOS Finland Oy

A chapter in Technical, Economic and Societal Effects of Manufacturing 4.0, 2020, pp 17-41 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Additive manufacturing; Metal additive manufacturing; Powder bed fusion; Laser (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46103-4_2

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