Advancements in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Technologies and Applications
A special issue of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (ISSN 2504-4494).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 35
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; laser material processing; metal forming; auxetic metamaterials; manufacturing process modelling; hybrid energy systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: material and process development; material characterization; 3D printing; metamaterials; sustainability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Processing metallic materials and alloys has experienced the greatest market growth among the material groups utilised in commercial applications involving additive manufacturing techniques in recent years. Numerous innovative developments in the field of process technologies, materials, post-treatment processes, characterisation and modelling strategies have contributed to the increasing application of additive manufacturing for producing demanding metallic components rather than traditional manufacturing techniques in economically important areas such as aerospace, medical technology, energy and automotive engineering.
This Special Issue aims to provide an insight into current scientific and application-relevant research dealing with pioneering developments in fusion-based and solid-state additive manufacturing of metallic components and the resolution of still existing challenges with regard to further quality enhancement and improved cost-effectiveness. Potential topics of contributions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Material developments and improvements;
- Advancements in process technologies, process control and monitoring;
- Product spectrum extension, e.g., towards metamaterials;
- Microstructure characterization;
- Mechanical performance of manufactured components;
- Process and component modelling;
- Post-treatment for property improvement;
- Economic efficiency and sustainability optimisations.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Hartl
Prof. Dr. Danka Katrakova-Krüger
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- material developments and improvements
- advancements in process technologies, process control and monitoring
- product spectrum extension, e.g., towards metamaterials
- microstructure characterization
- mechanical performance of manufactured components
- process and component modelling
- post-treatment for property improvement
- economic efficiency and sustainability optimisations
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