Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies build near-net shape components one layer at a time using data from 3D CAD models. AM technologies are the result of evolution of work in 3D printing and stereolithography (the STL files used to convert 3D CAD to layers for building parts come from stereolithography terminology) and could revolutionize many sectors of U.S. manufacturing by reducing compo...

Additive manufacturing is now mature and is becoming a mainstream production technique for various industries. It is important that engineering services organizations equip themselves to provide a new range of services in this sector. This paper presents an engineering process framework for evaluating and adopting additive manufacturing. It describes tools developed to improve engineering servi...

Additive manufacturing (AM) has been considered for distributed manufacturing. However, the consideration usually concerned AM in general, not specific processes. This paper will look at properties of different processes from perspective process and materials, post-processing, requirements devices spaces, raw materials. The findings show that powder bed fusion binder jetting pose challenges mat...

The advent of additive manufacturing (AM) processes applied to the fabrication structural components has created need for design methodologies and optimization approaches that take into account specific characteristics process. While AM give unprecedented geometrical freedom, which can result in significant reductions components’ weight (e.g., through part count reduction), on other hand, they ...