Innovative Rapid Tooling in Additive Manufacturing Processes
A special issue of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (ISSN 2504-4494).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1154
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; metal forming process; laser material processing; polymer testing
Interests: micro manufacturing; micro-devices; micro-injection molding; laser microfabrication; smart manufacturing; digital twins; process monitoring; the design of experiments; process optimization; quality process control
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Interests: additive manufacturing; friction stir welding; characterization; metallurgy; mechanical properties; surface analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In today’s market, a significant portion is driven by the demand for highly customized products with reduced production times. As a result of this customization, there has been a shift towards medium or low batch production, rendering traditional processes like casting and forming economically unsustainable due to the initial investment required for tool production.
Conversely, producing goods directly using additive manufacturing processes can also be costly if the production volume is in the hundreds, and this method undoubtedly leads to an increased production time due to the layering approach characteristic of these processes.
Rapid tooling represents a hybrid approach, combining the production of tools for traditional processes with additive manufacturing. This strategy could be the optimal solution to achieve faster production times while keeping conventional processes economically viable, even as production rates decrease.
This Special Issue explores ongoing research in additive manufacturing technologies, tool materials, tool design, and industrial applications, focusing on the potential of rapid tooling to transform the metalworking industry.
Dr. Luca Giorleo
Dr. Gianluca Trotta
Dr. Alessia Teresa Silvestri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- 3D printing
- design for additive manufacturing
- topology optimization
- conformal cooling
- lattice structure
- material extrusion
- power bed fusion
- rapid casting
- rapid forming
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