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

作者：Huang Yong^*; Leu Ming C; Mazumder Jyoti; Donmez Alkan

来源：Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, 2015, 137(1): 014001.

DOI：10.1115/1.4028725

Additive manufacturing (AM), the process of joining materials to make objects from three-dimensional (3D) model data, usually layer by layer, is distinctly a different form 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 National Science Foundation (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.

• 出版日期2015-2