STS407 - Additive Manufacturing in Industry: Open Challenges and Future Perspective
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Design for additive manufacturing, Manufacturing Process modeling, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies are undergoing exponential growth in many engineering fields, from aerospace to biomedical applications, from fashion to the food industry. AM technologies promise to revolutionize the world of manufacturing due to their capability to produce close-to-freeform components with structural and mechanical properties close to or even superior to those obtained using traditional manufacturing processes. In fact, thanks to the recent advancements in many AM technologies, manufacturing constraints are dramatically reduced, and the designer can finally focus on
the intended application of the part rather than on its manufacturability.
However, a widespread adoption of AM in many industrial sectors is yet hindered by the low reproducibility and standardization of the process. Therefore, the present Symposium aims at presenting and discussing the most recent efforts in the world of industry towards a deeper control and understanding of AM processes.
The Symposium is meant to host contributions from industry, and it addresses, but is not limited to, the
following topics:
• Standards and certification
• Process modelling
• Material modelling
• Metrology and sensing techniques
• Uncertainty quantification
• Benchmarking and Validation
• Oli&Gas applications
• Energy applications
• Valves and pumps
