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Additive Manufacturing - background |
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 | Additive Manufacturing process flow |
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 | Additive Manufacturing for metals |
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Additive Manufacturing processes |
Benefits and impacts of Additive Manufacturing |
 | Benefits and impacts of Additive Manufaturing |
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 | Consumer goods and electronics sector |
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Challenges and opportunites |
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 | Standardisation, regulation, qualification and certification |
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Source: Deloitte University Press, Wohlers Associates
https://dupress.deloitte.com/dup-us-en/focus/3d-opportunity/ the-3d-opportunity-primer-the-basics-of-additive-manufacturing.html
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Significant developments since the early 2000s include AM applications in the production of parts for unmanned aircraft, automobiles, consumer products, and organ and tissue printing systems.
AM technology continues to improve in the speed of processing, the complexity of design, and the variety of materials used.
Source: Deloitte Insight
AM processes were largely geared towards prototyping applications in the 1990s. However, since the late 1990s, AM technologies and processes have increasingly been deployed to large-scale industrial, medical, and consumer end-market applications.