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Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing: Identifying the Future of Freeform Processing
The objective of the Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing (RAM): Identifying the Future of Freeform Processing was to develop and articulate a roadmap for research in the area of additive manufacturing for the next 10-12 years. (102 page pdf)
Industries that will drive the market over the next decade include the military, dentistry, jewelry, entertainment products (e.g., video games), collectables, home accessories, and toys.
Two whole layer AM processes have been commercialized and two others are in the works. This type of processing is not only faster, but it may offer improvements in accuracy, surface finish, simplicity, and machine reliability.
Click here to download the roadmap (18Mb)
Information on the internet can be found here, here or here.
Successful completion of the following recommendations will lead to
significant benefits on affordability, maintainability, reliability,
rapidity and functionality in practical applications of AM. The
technologies will become more adopted by the technical community with
AM expertise, but there is a great potential for catalyzing the use of
AM technologies by a broad population of entrepreneurs.
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences led the development
of a roadmap for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry in 1998. The
effort was supported by many industrial, government, and academic
organizations in the U.S. and it led to a report titled The Road to
Manufacturing. It served as a useful guide, although I believe it was
the work leading up to the document that was of most value. As Dwight
Eisenhower once said, and I will paraphrase: Plans are useless, but
planning is indispensable
Sixty-five experts from academia, industry, and government attended the
Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing (RAM) Workshop in March 2009 in
Washington, DC. Its purpose: to develop a roadmap for research in
additive manufacturing for the next 10-12 years. The effort was led by
David Bourell of the University of Texas at Austin, Ming Leu of
Missouri University of Science and Technology, and David Rosen of
Georgia Institute of Technology. These three individuals and those
attending the workshop created the roadmap. Sponsors were the National
Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research.
Click here to download the roadmap (18Mb)
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