The Business of Additive Manufacturing

CHAPTER 1: Manufacturing in the 21st century

Shift to services

Rise of developing countries

Reality of manufacturing

Industry 4.0

Additive manufacturing

Structure of the book

CHAPTER 2: Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing: seven types

Comparing 'traditional' and AM

Material extrusion (MEX)

VAT Photopolymerization (VPP)

Powder bed fusion (PBF)

Material jetting (MJT) and binder jetting (BJT)

Directed energy deposition (DED) and sheet lamination (SHL)

Combination

Concluding remarks on AM technology

CHAPTER 3: The AM Business Case I: Comparing AM and TM Characteristics

Process choice

Technical capabilities - molds

Capabilities and performance objectives

Cost

Quality

Time

Flexibility

Innovation

Sustainability

The case for desktop 3D printers

CHAPTER 4: The spread of AM Technology

Technology and the economy

Adoption and diffusion

Adoption of the high technology: AM

CHAPTER 5: The AM Business Case II: Across the Value Chain

Delivering value

The client order decoupling point and service

Illustrative example

CHAPTER 6: Apparel

What is being 3D printed in apparel

Performance: why AM printing is used for apparel

How apparel is 3D printed: use of AM technology

Where apparel is 3D printed: AM in the apparel value chain

Diffusion and challenges of AM in apparel

CHAPTER 7: Construction

What is being 3D printed in construction

Performance: why AM printing is used for construction

How: AM technologies used in construction

Where AM is used in the construction value chain

Diffusion and challenges of AM in construction

CHAPTER 8: Food

What is being 3D printed in the food industry

Performance: why AM printing is used for food

How food is 3D printed: use of AM technology

Where AM is used in the food value chain

Diffusion and challenges of AM in the food industry

CHAPTER 9: Medical

What is being 3D printed in the medical field

Performance: why AM is used in the medical field

AM methods that are used for medical applications

Where in the medical value chain

Diffusion and challenges of medical AM

CHAPTER 10: Transport

What is being 3D printed related to transport

Performance: why AM printing is used in transportation

AM methods that are used for transportation applications

Where in the transportation value chain

Diffusion and challenges of AM in transportation

CHAPTER 11: Technological developments

Hardware

Software and digital files

Materials

Product quality

Delivery time

CHAPTER 12: Sustainability developments

Renewable resources

Minimization of resource usage

Source reduction

Recycling, reuse and repair

Regeneration, recovery, remanufacturing

Purification, end-of-pipe and degradation

Relationships between natural eco systems

AM and sustainability

CHAPTER 13: Legal developments

Legal issues with products

Legality of processes

Safety

Scams involving AM

CHAPTER 14: Conclusion

REFERENCES

INDEX