Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Components for Hard Coatings, 2nd 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: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 670
Special Issue Editor
Interests: additive manufacturing; direct laser deposition; selective laser melting; laser cladding
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Dear Colleagues,
We are thrilled to announce the second volume of our Special Issue, "Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Components for Hard Coatings" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/coatings/special_issues/additive_manufacture_hard_coat). The first volume contained 12 published articles which were viewed more than 17000 times. Considering that this topic is receiving much attention, we would like to announce a second volume.
Additive manufacturing is a method for the fabrication of 3D components, which are built layer-by-layer (i.e., 3D printing), and is expected to represent a revolution in the component fabrication sector. The technology provides the possibility of fabricating customized parts and the capability of producing complex geometries that are impossible to manufacture with other methods, and makes it possible to optimize the topology in order to obtain lightweight designs. Furthermore, the low material waste produced during additive manufacturing is a highlight from the point of view of the circular economy. For these reasons, the additive manufacturing of metals and metal matrix components could be a possible solution for obtaining components for hard coating applications; however, the additive manufacturing of metallic components is still limited, so the optimization of the fabrication parameters and the properties of these components must be developed and detailed, and thoroughly researched.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Coatings with your original research articles and review papers. Contributions should focus on the fundamentals and applications of the additive manufacturing of metallic components for hard coatings, and we are particularly interested in those that emphasize the capability of the different additive manufacturing methods.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ainhoa Riquelme
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- selective laser melting
- direct energy deposition
- laser cladding
- metals
- metal matrix composites
- cermets
- hard coatings
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