This textbook captures the fundamentals, principles, selection for material and equipment, technologies, latest innovations, and applications of additive manufacturing (am)/ 3D printing. It aims to provide information about developing and designing products based on industry 4.0 environment. This book provides a comprehensive overview of am technologies such as VAT photo-polymerization, material jetting, material extrusion, binder jetting, sheet lamination, powder bed fusion, and directed energy deposition. Emerging applications in many sectors such as medical, aerospace, defence, Automobile, construction, jewellery, and rapid tooling are also discussed. It is targeted towards the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mechanical, manufacturing, and production engineering streams. It can also be used by researchers, and professionals as a reference book. salient features: ✔ reflects recent developments and trends in am, and its compliance to the ASTM/ISO standards ✔detailed coverage of basics of am, its various technologies, process parameters, advantages, limitations, and recent advances ✔includes chapters on am systems, materials, postprocessing, safety considerations and applications in the era of industry 4.0 ✔provides a broad range of technical questions to ensure comprehensive understanding of the concepts covered ✔rich pedagogy, including unique features like case-studies, summary, multiple choice questions, review questions, practical exercises, and numerical problems.
