New Advances in Polymer Materials for Product Design Processes and Additive Manufacturing

Dear Colleagues,

The market is looking for more innovations in design and improvements in the quality of its products in a shorter space of time, which means that new formulas are being sought to improve profitability within the framework of a new and growing need. Specifically, advances in product design in this field are a topic of interest that can bring new perspectives to the design and manufacture of polymeric products for any type of production process, especially for additive manufacturing. Changes in society's habits have led to an increase in the use of personalised products. As a result, additive manufacturing is one of the plastics transformation processes that has grown the most today and, associated with this, the competitiveness among companies dedicated to the development and production of polymeric materials.

In accordance with the above and with the aim of disseminating the advances in this field, this Special Issue is dedicated to the latest research on these topics, covering all aspects related to product design with polymers and, in turn, advances in additive manufacturing and other processes that may be of interest.

With the focus on polymer product design, potential topics include, among others, the following:

• Product design
• Polymeric materials
• Additives manufacturing
• Design for additive manufacturing
• Processes for product design
• Manufacturing of new products
• Methodologies for the implementation of new polymer processing technologies in society
• New concepts
• Sustainability
• Customization
• Finished quality
• Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Dr. Pedro M. Hernández-Castellano
Prof. Dr. Lucía Rodríguez Parada
Prof. Dr. Miguel Angel Pardo-Vicente
Dr. Pedro Francisco Mayuet Ares
Guest Editors

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