Exploring New Frontiers in Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing
- Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing (MMAM) introduces a new dimension to production technologies by seamlessly integrating multiple materials into a single object, enabling unparalleled design possibilities. This paper explores MMAM value chains and methods and showcases real-world applications in the aerospace, biomedical and industrial sectors. While MMAM holds promise for application in high-tech industries, its widespread adoption is contingent on quantity, utilization and technical requirements. Continued research into developing material properties and reducing unit costs is needed. Only once these two key challenges have been addressed is mainstream adoption likely.
| Author: | Andreas Wagner, Helen RogersORCiD, Alina Le |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2024.3412403 |
| ISSN: | 0360-8581 |
| Parent Title (English): | IEEE Engineering Management Review |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first Publication: | 2024/06/19 |
| Reviewed: | Begutachtet/Reviewed |
| Release Date: | 2024/07/08 |
| Tag: | Additive manufacturing, Multi-material AM, Industry applications, 3D printing |
| Pagenumber: | 9 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 9 |
| institutes: | Fakultät Betriebswirtschaft |
| Research Themes: | Nachhaltigkeit |
| Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |

