Additive Manufacturing Processes

This book provides a single-source reference to additive manufacturing, accessible to anyone with a basic background in engineering and materials science. Unlike other books on additive manufacturing that include coverages of things such as machine architecture, applications, business and present market conditions, this book focuses on providing comprehensive coverage of currently available additive manufacturing processes. All processes are explained with the help of various, original diagrams, useful for beginners and advanced researchers alike. * Provides comprehensive coverages of all current processes available in additive manufacturing; * Explains processes with the help of various original diagrams; * Explains future process development at the last chapter, providing research outlook; * Includes extensive references at the end of each chapter for further reading of original research. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 1-19 Classification (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 21-40 Laser Powder Bed Fusion (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 41-63 Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 65-78 Other Powder Bed Processes (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 79-92 Beam Based Solid Deposition Process (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 93-109 Other Solid Deposition Processes (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 111-130 Liquid Based Additive Layer Manufacturing (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 131-145 Air and Ion Deposition Processes (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 147-157 Additive Non-layer Manufacturing (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 159-170 Sheet Based Process (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 171-186 Future Additive Manufacturing Processes (Sanjay Kumar)....Pages 187-202 Back Matter ....Pages 203-205