Recent Development in Post-Processing for Additive Manufacturing (Second Edition)
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 540
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Interests: additive manufacturing; advanced manufacturing; hybrid additive/subtractive manufacturing; ultra-precision machining
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Interests: hybrid and additive manufacturing; post-processing; ultraprecision machining
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Dear Colleagues,
The unique method of layer-by-layer manufacturing enables additive manufacturing (AM) technology to outperform traditional subtractive manufacturing processes for customized products, geometrically complex parts, and near-net-shape rapid manufacturing. Therefore, this technology has been attracting great attention. To date, AM technology has been extended to automotive, aerospace, moulding, medical, and biomedical industries, among others. However, the application of AM is also facing severe challenges, such as support, the staircase effect, surface adhesion, geometric size deviation, microstructure inhomogeneity, performance anisotropy, and dissimilar material interface transition. In addition, the internal and external features of complex parts make traditional surface treatment processes unsuitable. The surface and subsurface of additively manufactured parts exhibit unique performance characteristics, which requires new surface treatment processes to achieve support structure removal, surface performance improvement, tissue performance regulation, dimensional accuracy improvement, and surface finish improvement. Based on the AM process’s characteristics, developing new post-processing methods and protocols for AM technology is also a crucial link for bridging the upstream and downstream chains of the entire AM industry.
This Special Issue aims to provide a forum for the researchers and practitioners from academia and industries to publish the experimental and theoretical results on post-processing for additive manufacturing and to contribute to quality improvement and rapid application of additively manufactured parts.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- New equipment/devices and processes for improving surface quality;
- Coatings on additively manufactured parts for wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and other functionalities;
- Heat treatment;
- Polishing: physical-field-assisted polishing, mechanical/chemical/electrochemical hybrid processes, etc.;
- Precision and ultra-precision machining;
- Hybrid manufacturing: combination of additive and subtractive manufacturing;
- Materials and interfacial characterization of additively manufactured multi-materials;
- Functional surface and structure through additive manufacturing and post-processing;
- Coatings and surface modification through additive manufacturing and post-processing;
- Health, safety, and sustainability issues in post-processing for additive manufacturing.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yuchao Bai
Dr. Hao Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- post-processing
- surface modification
- interface property
- material characterization
- hybrid manufacturing
- multi-material
- dimension accuracy
- machining
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