Recent Innovations in Hybrid Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing

Dear Colleagues,

Hybrid additive and subtractive manufacturing encompasses a set of advanced production technologies that have evolved in recent years into highly flexible, efficient, and reliable solutions for creating complex, high-performance components with tailored geometries and functional surface qualities. Parts produced through hybrid routes are increasingly present in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, energy, biomedical devices, and precision tooling, where demanding design specifications and strict performance requirements prevail. Beyond the integration of dedicated additive and subtractive systems, effective hybrid manufacturing relies on a deep understanding of process physics, material behavior during deposition and removal, as well as in-process monitoring, metrology, and intelligent control. This combined knowledge enables the generation of components with enhanced properties, reduced lead times, and improved overall manufacturing sustainability.

In this Special Issue Recent Innovations in Hybrid Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing of JMMP, we are seeking recent findings that focus on hybrid additive–subtractive manufacturing technologies, including their industrial applications and related research domains. Contributions will be considered that demonstrate significant advancements in the integration of additive and subtractive processes, the development of suitable machinery and tool systems, the understanding of material behavior during combined fabrication, as well as the implementation of advanced monitoring and metrology.

We are particularly interested in papers addressing the following:

• Hybrid additive-subtractive manufacturing systems.
• Sustainability in hybrid manufacturing.
• Efficiency in hybrid manufacturing.
• Process planning and toolpath strategies.
• Modeling and simulation.
• In situ monitoring, metrology, and process control.
• Surface integrity and dimensional accuracy.
• Design for hybrid manufacturing (DfHM).
• Material behavior in hybrid processes.
• Real-case applications.
• Improvements in surface quality.
• Dimensional accuracy.
• Process stability.
• Multi-material capabilities.
• Overall system control.

These topics highlight the growing potential of hybrid manufacturing in high-performance and next-generation production environments.

Prof. Dr. Eva M. Rubio
Dr. Amabel García-Domínguez
Guest Editors

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