From Additive Manufacturing to 3D/4D Printing 2: Current Techniques, Improvements and their Limitations (System and Industrial Engineering-robotics) - Hardcover

André, Jean-Claude

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1786301202 ISBN 13: 9781786301208

Publisher: Wiley-ISTE, 2017

Synopsis

Additive manufacturing, which was first invented in France and then applied in the United States, is now 33 years old and represents a market of around 5 billion euros per year, with annual growth of between 20 and 30%. Today, additive manufacturing is experiencing a great amount of innovation in its processes, software, engineering and materials used. Its strength as a process has more recently allowed for the exploration of new niches, ranging from applications at nanometer and decameter scales, to others in mechanics and health.   As a result, the limitations of the process have also begun to emerge, which include the quality of the tools, their cost of manufacture, the multi-material aspects, functionalities and surface conditions.

Volume 2 of this series presents the current techniques, improvements and limits of additive manufacturing, providing an up-to-date review of this process.

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About the Author

Jean-Claude André, CNRS, France.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-ISTE
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786301202
• ISBN 13: 9781786301208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352