The Past, Present, and Future of Inkjet-Based Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Ceramics (ISSN 2571-6131).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 6505
Special Issue Editor
Interests: binder jet additive manufacturing; binder jetting; particle-loading inkjet fluids; inkjet-based additive manufacturing; sintering; additive manufacturing; metal powders; ceramic additive manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inkjet-based additive manufacturing (AM) is a growing field with a rich history and even richer future. With its humble beginnings as a prototyping technology in an MIT lab, inkjet-based AM is expanding to single alloys, metal matrix composites, and ceramics to serve a wide variety of applications. Binder jetting specifically is becoming a popular AM technology because of its high resolution and throughput of metal components. Further, hybrid systems that utilize binder jetting and powder bed fusion are improving the quality and cost of polymer AM components. Finally, material jetting technology has evolved from small-scale, wax deposition to advanced, multimaterial photopolymer printers to now nano-ink and molten-metal ejection systems. Overall, inkjet is being recognized for its versatility in processing a variety of materials as well as its throughput, resolution, and opportunities to fabricate multimaterial components.
For this Special Edition, we seek to capture the evolution of inkjet-based AM with publications on the research and applications that have shaped the field. Further, we wish to highlight ongoing research and near-term applications in the space. Finally, we aspire to forecast the future by identifying strategic applications of the technology space while noting key research areas that will enable the space to evolve towards these applications.
As the technology space grows, inkjet-based AM will continue to see evolution and adoption.
I hope you will help to capture the past, present, and future of this technology in this Special Issue of Ceramics.
Dr. Amy M. Elliott
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Binder jet
- Multi Jet Fusion
- Indirect 3D printing
- Polyjet
- Material jetting
- Inkjet additive manufacturing
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