The cost of additive manufacturing: machine productivity, economies of scale and technology-push

Martin Baumers, Phill Dickens, Chris Tuck and Richard Hague

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2016, vol. 102, issue C, 193-201

Abstract: As part of the cosmos of digital fabrication technology, Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems are able to manufacture three-dimensional components and products directly from raw material and 3D design data. The layer-by-layer operating process of these systems does not require the use of tools, moulds or dies.

Keywords: Additive manufacturing; Rapid manufacturing; Rapid prototyping; 3D printing; Digital fabrication; Production cost; Productivity; Economies of scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.02.015

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