Additive Manufacturing Technology: Potential Implications ...

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Web version: September 2014Author1: Sharon L. N. FordAbstractThis article explores the development and application of Additive Manufacturing as well as initiatives in the United States and other countries to advance it. It also examines the technology s effect on firm and industry production activities, as well as the Potential Implications for Manufacturing competitiveness focused in three industries. It concludes that the most significant factors affecting the Potential of Additive Manufacturing to contribute to competitiveness are developing standards, improving the selection and affordability of materials, and increasing the accuracy and reliability of equipment and This article represents solely the views of the author and not the views of

Additive manufacturing is a suite of emerging technologies that fabricates three-di- mensional objects directly from digital models through an additive process, typically by depos - iting and “curing in place” successive layers of polymers, ceramics, or metals. 2 Unlike traditional

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