3D Printing Technology Using Metal Materials and Its Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 April 2026 | Viewed by 643
Special Issue Editors
Interests: 3D printing; construction materials; surface layer; production technology; accuracy of details; titanium; medical materials
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Interests: biomedical engineering; biomaterials; scaffold; bioinspired engineering and biomimetic design; biomaterial science; additive technologies in medicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of 3D-printing technology brings with it the possibility for the rapid prototyping of intricate constructions and for creating constructions that were previously considered impossible to produce using other technologies. Three-dimensional printing technology enables the production of details in pieces or small-lot production with high accuracy instead of a production line. In 3D-printing technology, it is possible to use only a printer and material in the form of metal powder.
Three-dimensional-printing technology allows us to manufacture almost any element with the possibility of printing a prototype of a new construction in a short timeframe, within the limitations of the printing technology, and to optimize construction in terms of mass reduction while maintaining the strength of the printed products, which is a trait required by constructors.
Software supporting computer-aided design (CAD) combined with the possibilities of 3D printing allow for the optimization of filling details as well as for optimizing their mass while maintaining their mechanical strength. For example, Selective Laser Melting (SLM) allows us to produce precise and homogenous elements from metal powders. During SLM, printing metal parts are created based on computer spatial data from CAD applications in a layered, incremental manufacturing process. Generally, there are no limits to the design, and 3D printing ensures high speed and accuracy.
This Special Issue is an invitation to submit original articles on the following topics:
- Printing parameters.
- Accuracy of the shapes and dimensions of printed products.
- Applications of 3D printing in medicine/industry.
- 3D printing in scientific research.
- Hazards in 3D printing.
- Heat treatment after 3D printing.
- Design for 3D printing; DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing).
- Low-emission 3D-printing technology.
- Prototyping using 3D printing.
- Optimization of mass and mechanical strength.
- Tribological research.
- Economics of using 3D-printing technology.
- Metal powders and their properties.
- Postprocessing.
- Design and optimization of cellular and frame structures printed in 3D-printing technology.
- Data formats for 3D printing.
- Surface layer in products printed in 3D-printing technology.
- Threats in 3D-printing technology.
- Potential threats of using 3D printing in re-engineering used in 3D-printing technology in terrestrial and space conditions.
- Simulations and analyses of 3D-printing processes in metal.
- Numerical and analytical analyses in the metal 3D-printing process.
Prof. Dr. Piotr Kurylo
Prof. Dr. Radovan Hudák
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 3D printing
- construction materials
- prototyping for 3D printing
- printing technology
- powder metallic materials
- printing parameters
- properties of printing materials
- mechanical, technological, and chemical properties of printed details
- standardization in 3D printing
- hazards of 3D metal printing
- additive manufacturing
- in-orbit additive manufacturing
- additive manufacturing challenges in space
- space industry
- factory in space
- gravity and microgravity
- in situ material utilization
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