Multidimensional Additive Manufacturing

Dear Colleagues,

Conventional manufacturing technologies for metal and ceramic components have been developed owing to the increase in structural dimensions. Functional patterns and surfaces were added to solid objects, e.g., machining and coating processes for casted components. Additive manufacturing technologies are globally recognized as novel fabrication processes for advanced materials and components with multidimensional structures. These technologies offer significant potential for design innovation, customization, and distributed digital manufacturing. In this approach, three-dimensional models are designed and created based on theoretical concepts using computer software, and two-dimensional cross-sections are created by slicing operations automatically. Computer-aided design, manufacture, and evaluation are referred to as smart additive processing. In lithography-based approaches, high-resolution laser or electron beams are scanned on a spread metal or ceramic powder bed with or without resin binders to form solid planes of cross-sections. In deposition-based processes, paste materials with ceramic or metal particles dispersed in a binder system are ejected from nozzles moving freely to create composite structures. Recently, periodic patterns with integer dimensions were printed as heating and sensing devices, and fractal or fluctuating features with non-integer dimensions were introduced for mass transfer modulations on metal and ceramic components. Subsequently, inorganic biological implants with compositional gradations and organic resin objects with aging performance were fabricated over three-dimensional objects. Multidimensional additive manufacturing for realizing a sustainable society will be discussed through topics related to the following keywords.

Prof. Dr. Soshu Kirihara
Guest Editor

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