Metal multi-material additive manufacturing: Overcoming barriers to implementation

A.T. Clare; P. Woizeschke; B. Rankouhi; F. E. Pfefferkorn; D. Bartels; M. Schmidt; Wessel W. Wits

doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2025.05.004

Metal multi-material additive manufacturing: Overcoming barriers to implementation

A.T. Clare^*
, P. Woizeschke
, B. Rankouhi
, F. E. Pfefferkorn
, D. Bartels
, M. Schmidt
, Wessel W. Wits

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Additive manufacturing has advanced rapidly since its origins in the 1980s. While some processes are now commercially viable, others remain experimental. A key ambition has been to combine multiple materials in a single part, enabling novel properties and overcoming traditional limitations of fabrication and assembly. Multi-material additive manufacturing offers a potential step change across industries, though scaling from lab to industry remains a challenge. This work explores the enabling technologies and science behind metal multi-material additive manufacturing and proposes how the research community can advance these innovations for meaningful industrial impact.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	869-893
Number of pages	25
Journal	CIRP Annals
Volume	74
Issue number	2
Early online date	12 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2025.05.004
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Additive manufacturing
Materials processing
Multi-material additive manufacturing

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