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@techreport{Wu:2017,
author = {Wu, B and Myant, C and Weider, SZ},
booktitle = {Briefing paper},
title = {The value of additive manufacturing: future opportunities},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53611},
year = {2017}
}
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AB - The global additive manufacturing (AM) – 3D printing – industr y was valued at $6 billion for 2016, and is predicted to grow to more than $26 billion by 20221. This rapid growth has arisen mainly because of the evolution of AM from primarily a prototyping tool to a useful end-product fabrication method in some high-value manufacturing applications (e.g., in the aerospace, medical device and automotive industries).• AM has the potential to offer many economic, technical and environmental advantages over traditional manufacturing approaches, including decreased production costs and times, the possibility of flexible and bespoke production, as well as a reduction in energy usage and waste. To realise these benefits, however, several barriers – across the entire AM process chain – need to be overcome. For example, improved design software, faster printing technology, increased automation and better industry standards are required.• To realise a more-efficient and more-profitable industr y, ‘game-changing’ AM research breakthroughs are thus required. Involving more researchers – from a wide array of scientific and engineering backgrounds – will be beneficial, as will a closer working relationship between academia and industr y.• The concept of molecular science and engineering2 – melding a deep understanding of molecular science with an engineering mind-set – provides an excellent framework for the ‘cross pollination’ of research ideas. In the pursuit of solving some of the biggest needs in AM, scientists and engineers – from a range of disciplines – can be brought together to communicate and collaborate at all stages of the AM research-to-final-product chain. In this way, costly late-stage changes can be avoided and the route to final, functional end-use products can be rapidly optimised. In addition, a new generation of scientists and engineers can be trained in a transdi
AU - Wu,B
AU - Myant,C
AU - Weider,SZ
PY - 2017///
TI - The value of additive manufacturing: future opportunities
T1 - Briefing paper
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53611
ER -