About Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing refers to technologies that produce three-dimensional objects one superfine layer at a time. They are typically defined by computer-aided-design (CAD) software which slices the desired object into layers. This informs the path of a nozzle or print head as it deposits layers of melted or partially melted materials. As these materials cool or are cured, they fuse together to form a three-dimensional object.

Additive Manufacturing has many applications across Engineering. Examples include the creation of weight-saving, complex geometric designs for Aerospace Engineering, the rapid prototyping in Automotive Engineering, and creating custom on-demand surgical implants in Medical Engineering.

This Collection will highlight research within these emerging and exciting areas, but also the challenges in what remains a relatively new technology.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Additive manufacturing methods
• Additive manufacturing technologies
• Design in additive manufacturing technologies
• Electromechanical and robotic systems
• Heterogeneous design
• Hybrid technologies in additive manufacturing
• New material formulations and composite materials
• Post-processing treatments
• Product life cycles
• Recent developments of additive manufacturing technologies
• Simulation in additive manufacturing technologies
• Sustainability and the environment

Only work funded by Horizon 2020 and/or Horizon Europe is eligible for publication on Open Research Europe and all article processing charges will be covered centrally by the European Commission.