Terms Development of Additive Manufacturing

Abstract

Nowadays, additive manufacturing has been increasingly developed and applied in many fields. As a rapid development of additive manufacturing, similar terms are appeared, such as 3D printing, freeform fabrication, rapid tooling, rapid manufacturing, direct digital manufacturing, layer manufacturing, additive process, 4D printing, 3D bioprinting, and 3D biofabrication. This paper reports and analyze the development of these terms. Moreover, it tries to give the readers a comprehensive understanding of these terms and their development.

3D printing in materials manufacturing industry: A realm of Industry 4.0

“…AM, or 3D printing, on the other hand, is a vital component of Industry 4.0 that uses digital 3D design data to build up a component in a layer-by-layer material accumulation method. AM initially emerged as rapid prototyping [6] . It was first used to create conceptual models to explore design concepts, as well as for form and fit applications for the creation of anatomical or architectural models [7] .…”