Additive Manufacturing Special Issue
Part 1.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Published on 30. November 2016
124 pages
978-1-78714-221-3 (ISBN)
Description
The eBook contains six papers, all of which explore the impact of additive manufacturing. Although additive manufacturing technologies are around for about three decades, it is important to notice that the study of additive manufacturing is an emerging scientific field. The emerging nature of this field is reflected in the approaches that the papers in this issue adopt. These approaches are more explorative and practical rather than theoretical. Some papers provide practical advice, such as advice about the type of additive manufacturing technology that should be adopted in particular use contexts (see Meisel et al., 2016) or advice about the type of machine spare parts that can be produced cost-efficiently using additive manufacturing (see Knofius et al., 2016). The other papers explore the consequences of the implementation of additive manufacturing in various industries using a case-study methodology or adopting a practical experimental approach (see Steenhuis and Pretorius (2016) who report their own experiences of using a 3d-printer).
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- Cover
- Editorial board
- Guest editorial
- Decision support for additive manufacturing deployment in remote or austere environments
- Selecting parts for additive manufacturing in service logistics
- How 3D printing technology changes the rules of the game
- Impact of additive manufacturing technology adoption on supply chain management processes and components
- The adoption process and impact of additive manufacturing on manufacturing systems
- Consumer additive manufacturing or 3D printing adoption: an exploratory study
