Advances in 3D Printing Technologies of Metals

Dear Colleagues,

Research into the additive manufacturing (AM) of metals has expanded in recent years, with the aim of obtaining high-strength parts and/or parts with high electrical conductivity and complex shapes.

Metallic AM parts are applied in different sectors, including the automotive, aeronautical, medical, and electronics sectors, among many others.

For this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of articles that focus on the characterization of metallic parts obtained with different additive manufacturing processes, regarding their metallurgy, surface finish, porosity, mechanical properties, geometry features, etc. Topics of interest for the SI include (but are not limited to) the following different AM processes:

• VAT polymerization techniques such as stereolithography (SL) with metallic-filled resin.
• Metal binder jetting techniques.
• Material extrusion techniques such as fused deposition modeling (FDM), also known as fused filament fabrication (FFF) with metal-filled filament, direct ink writing (DIW) with metal-filled inks, solid-state friction welding and Joule printing.
• Metallic material jetting techniques as nano particle jetting (NPJ), liquid metal 3Dprinting, and supersonic 3D deposition
• Powder bed fusion techniques such as selective laser melting (SLM), or electron beam melting (EBM).
• Directed energy deposition processes such as powder DED and wire DED based on different energy sources: wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM).
• Other (ultrasonic consolidation, …)

Prof. Irene Buj-Corral
Dr. Felip Fenollosa-Artés
Guest Editors

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