Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Alloys and Composites
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2023) | Viewed by 2226
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced manufacturing; machining aerospace structural materials; characterization of materials; optimization
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Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM), being a disruptive technology, has affected the manufacturing paradigm to a great extent. The main advantage of AM is the minimum tooling required, along with the high buy-to-fly ratio, due to the addition of layers that waste less raw material, contrary to removing the material from a block to produce a part. Consequently, the cost of the fabricated parts and lead time has significantly declined with the enhanced buy-to-fly ratio. Moreover, this technology is very suitable for the smaller lot production in prototyping the new part design validation in automotive, aerospace, and biomedical engineering sectors. There are various techniques involved in additive manufacturing, such as binder jetting and selective laser sintering, employed for the 3D printing of metals. The main challenge is to formularize the materials system that shall be compatible with each other and provide a cost-effective solution in terms of raw materials, processing, and operations cost. Moreover, the components produced will have higher-quality features, such as mechanical performance, meeting dimensional requirements and a better surface finish.
This Special Issue focuses on the materials system development and processes for metallic and composite additive manufacturing; however, topics in other 3D printing technologies and the AM of composite materials, such as fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), are also welcomed.
Dr. Muhammad Aamir
Dr. Israr Ud Din
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- metals and alloys
- composites
- characterization
- properties
- processes
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