New Paradigms for AM machinery

Abstract

AM enters industry and thus into new challenges to cope with standard requirements of industrial manufacturing processes. AM-processes are far less simple as might be expected due to the absence of collision geometries and cutting forces. But as the material is produced together with the geometry, quality management needs to be reengineered. To cope with the process complexity and the lack of skilled operators machine learning and teaching, machine intelligence might be key technologies for the future of AM.