Announcements

We are pleased to invite you to read the 2021 and 2022 selected papers in the Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (JMMP, ISSN: 2504-4494) on the topic of additive manufacturing, which are listed below:

1. “Tensile Performance of 3D-Printed Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Nylon Composites”
by Mahdi Mohammadizadeh and Ismail Fidan
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(3), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5030068
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/3/68

2. “Experimental and Computational Investigation of Lattice Sandwich Structures Constructed by Additive Manufacturing Technologies”
by Nikolaos Kladovasilakis, Paschalis Charalampous, Konstantinos Tsongas, Ioannis Kostavelis, Dimitrios Tzetzis and Dimitrios Tzovaras
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(3), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5030095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/3/95

3. “Evaluation of Maraging Steel Produced Using Hybrid Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing”
by Sheida Sarafan, Priti Wanjara, Javad Gholipour, Fabrice Bernier, Mahmoud Osman, Fatih Sikan, Marjan Molavi-Zarandi, Josh Soost and Mathieu Brochu
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(4), 107; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5040107
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/4/107

4. “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Additively Manufactured by Electron Beam Melting with 3D Part Nesting and Powder Reuse Influences”
by Priti Wanjara, David Backman, Fatih Sikan, Javad Gholipour, Robert Amos, Prakash Patnaik and Mathieu Brochu
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6010021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/1/21

5. “Turbine Blade Tip Repair by Laser Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Using a Rene 142–MERL 72 Powder Blend”
by Mohsen K. Keshavarz, Alexandre Gontcharov, Paul Lowden, Anthony Chan, Devesh Kulkarni and Mathieu Brochu
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5010021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/1/21

6. “Effect of the Laser Processing Parameters on the Selective Laser Melting of TiC–Fe-Based Cermets”
by Himanshu S. Maurya, Lauri Kollo, Marek Tarraste, Kristjan Juhani, Fjodor Sergejev and Konda Gokuldoss Prashanth
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(2), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6020035
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/2/35

7. “Residual Stresses Control in Additive Manufacturing”
by Xufei Lu, Miguel Cervera, Michele Chiumenti and Xin Lin
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(4), 138; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5040138
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/4/138

8. “A Multiaxis Tool Path Generation Approach for Thin Wall Structures Made with WAAM”
by Matthieu Rauch, Jean-Yves Hascoet and Vincent Querard
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(4), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5040128
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/4/128

9. “Mechanics Modeling of Residual Stress Considering Effect of Preheating in Laser Powder Bed Fusion”
by Elham Mirkoohi, Hong-Chuong Tran, Yu-Lung Lo, You-Cheng Chang, Hung-Yu Lin and Steven Y. Liang.
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(2), 46; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5020046
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/2/46

10. “Laser Welding of AISI 316L Stainless Steel Produced by Additive Manufacturing or by Conventional Processes”
by Morgane Mokhtari, Pierrick Pommier, Yannick Balcaen and Joel Alexis
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(4), 136; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5040136
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/4/136

11. “In-Line Height Measurement Technique for Directed Energy Deposition Processes”
by Herman Borovkov, Aitor Garcia de la Yedra, Xabier Zurutuza, Xabier Angulo, Pedro Alvarez, Juan Carlos Pereira and Fernando Cortes
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(3), 85; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5030085
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/3/85

12. “Laser Additive Manufacturing of Duplex Stainless Steel via Powder Mixture”
by Chengsong Cui, Louis Becker, Eric Gärtner, Johannes Boes, Jonathan Lentz, Volker Uhlenwinkel, Matthias Steinbacher, Sebastian Weber and Rainer Fechte-Heinen
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(4), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6040072
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/4/72

13. “Optimization of Friction Stir Welding Parameters in Hybrid Additive Manufacturing: Weldability of 3D-Printed Poly(methyl methacrylate) Plates”
by Nectarios Vidakis, Markos Petousis, Nikolaos Mountakis and John D. Kechagias
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(4), 77; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6040077
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/4/77

14. “Development of a Multidirectional Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) Process with Pure Object Manipulation: Process Introduction and First Prototypes”
by Khushal Parmar, Lukas Oster, Samuel Mann, Rahul Sharma, Uwe Reisgen, Markus Schmitz, Thomas Nowicki, Jan Wiartalla, Mathias Hüsing and Burkhard Corves
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(4), 134; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5040134
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/5/4/134

15. “Improvement of Cooling Effect and Dimensional Accuracy of Wire and Arc Additive Manufactured Magnesium Alloy by Active-Cooling-Based Contacting Copper Blocks”
by Hideaki Nagamatsu and Hiroyuki Sasahara
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(2), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6020027
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/2/27

16. “Influence of Post-Processing Conditions on the Microstructure, Static and Fatigue Resistance of Laser Powder Bed Fused Ti-6Al-4V Components”
by Erika Herrera Jimenez, Alena Kreitcberg, Etienne Moquin and Vladimir Brailovski
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(4), 85; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6040085
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/4/85

17. “Top Surface Roughness Modeling for Robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing”
by Heping Chen, Ahmed Yaseer and Yuming Zhang
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(2), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6020039
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/2/39

18. “Comprehensive and Comparative Heat Treatment of Additively Manufactured Inconel 625 Alloy and Corresponding Microstructures and Mechanical Properties”
by Victoria Luna, Leslie Trujillo, Ariel Gamon, Edel Arrieta, Lawrence E. Murr, Ryan B. Wicker, Colton Katsarelis, Paul R. Gradl and Francisco Medina
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(5), 107; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6050107
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/5/107

19. “Closed-Loop Temperature and Force Control of Additive Friction Stir Deposition”
by Glen R. Merritt, Malcolm B. Williams, Paul G. Allison, James B. Jordon, Timothy W. Rushing and Christian A. Cousin
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(5), 92; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6050092
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/5/92

20. “Automated Defect Analysis of Additively Fabricated Metallic Parts Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks”
by Saber Nemati, Hamed Ghadimi, Xin Li, Leslie G. Butler, Hao Wen and Shengmin Guo
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(6), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6060141
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/6/6/141