Review on Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Material Parts: Progress and Challenges

Additive manufacturing has already been established as a highly versatile manufacturing technique with demonstrated potential to completely transform conventional manufacturing in the future. The objective of this paper is to review the latest progress and challenges associated with the fabrication...

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Published inJournal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 4
Main Authors Hasanov, Seymur, Alkunte, Suhas, Rajeshirke, Mithila, Gupta, Ankit, Huseynov, Orkhan, Fidan, Ismail, Alifui-Segbaya, Frank, Rennie, Allan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2022
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Additive manufacturing
Biocompatibility
Biomedical materials
Casting
conventional manufacturing
Dentistry
Friction stir welding
functionally graded materials
Heat treating
interface issues
Lasers
Manufacturing
multi-material additive manufacturing
Physical properties
R&D
Research & development
Tension tests
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Summary:Additive manufacturing has already been established as a highly versatile manufacturing technique with demonstrated potential to completely transform conventional manufacturing in the future. The objective of this paper is to review the latest progress and challenges associated with the fabrication of multi-material parts using additive manufacturing technologies. Various manufacturing processes and materials used to produce functional components were investigated and summarized. The latest applications of multi-material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the automotive, aerospace, biomedical and dentistry fields were demonstrated. An investigation on the current challenges was also carried out to predict the future direction of MMAM processes. It was concluded that further research and development is needed in the design of multi-material interfaces, manufacturing processes and the material compatibility of MMAM parts.
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ISSN:2504-4494
2504-4494
DOI:10.3390/jmmp6010004