Metals Additive Manufacturing. Great Promise in Mitigating Shortages but Some Risks Remain

Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) is revolutionizing the way parts are designed and manufactured, shrinking development and delivery cycle times, and yielding improved performance at a lower cost per part.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1029454

Entities

People

  • Drew Miller
  • Ed Morris
  • Greg Colvin

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Air Force
  • Assembly
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electron Beam Melting
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Lasers
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Selective Laser Sintering
  • Three Dimensional

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