A Review of Additive Manufacturing Technologies

Abstract

Over time, companies have prioritized the management of money, materials, equipment and people. Today, in such a globalized environment, they have come to recognize the paramount importance of quality, price, fast product delivery, flexibility and a continuous process of innovation. This is where additive manufacturing comes into play as one of the newest and most promising improvement solution for the above mentioned components of the industry. This paper will provide an understanding of the additive manufacturing technologies, analize them in comparison to the traditional machining techniques, emphasizing their application fields and their limitations and will present the various types of said technologies. There is still a lot of work and research to be done until additive manufacturing technologies overtake the manufacturing world but the continuous growth and successful results that have been seen since the beggining show the great undeniable potential that these technologies have.

Keywords

• additive manufacturing
• computer-aided design
• three-dimentional model..