ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, 1ST EDITION

This textbook captures the fundamentals, principles, selection for material and equipment, technologies, latest innovations, and applications of additive manufacturing (am)/ 3D printing. It aims to provide information about developing and designing products based on industry 4.0 environment. This book provides a comprehensive overview of am technologies such as VAT photo-polymerization, material jetting, material extrusion, binder jetting, sheet lamination, powder bed fusion, and directed energy deposition. Emerging applications in many sectors such as medical, aerospace, defence, Automobile, construction, jewellery, and rapid tooling are also discussed. It is targeted towards the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mechanical, manufacturing, and production engineering streams.