TY - JOUR
T1 - The Potential of Additive Manufacturing in the Smart Factory Industrial 4.0: A Review
AU - Mehrpouya, Mehrshad
AU - Dehghanghadikolaei, Amir
AU - Fotovvati, Behzad
AU - Vosooghnia, Alireza
AU - Emamian, Sattar S.
AU - Gisario, Annamaria
PY - 2019/9/14
Y1 - 2019/9/14
N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) or three-dimensional (3D) printing has introduced a novel production method in design, manufacturing, and distribution to end-users. This technology has provided great freedom in design for creating complex components, highly customizable products, and efficient waste minimization. The last industrial revolution, namely industry 4.0, employs the integration of smart manufacturing systems and developed information technologies. Accordingly, AM plays a principal role in industry 4.0 thanks to numerous benefits, such as time and material saving, rapid prototyping, high efficiency, and decentralized production methods. This review paper is to organize a comprehensive study on AM technology and present the latest achievements and industrial applications. Besides that, this paper investigates the sustainability dimensions of the AM process and the added values in economic, social, and environment sections. Finally, the paper concludes by pointing out the future trend of AM in technology, applications, and materials aspects that have the potential to come up with new ideas for the future of AM explorations.
AB - Additive manufacturing (AM) or three-dimensional (3D) printing has introduced a novel production method in design, manufacturing, and distribution to end-users. This technology has provided great freedom in design for creating complex components, highly customizable products, and efficient waste minimization. The last industrial revolution, namely industry 4.0, employs the integration of smart manufacturing systems and developed information technologies. Accordingly, AM plays a principal role in industry 4.0 thanks to numerous benefits, such as time and material saving, rapid prototyping, high efficiency, and decentralized production methods. This review paper is to organize a comprehensive study on AM technology and present the latest achievements and industrial applications. Besides that, this paper investigates the sustainability dimensions of the AM process and the added values in economic, social, and environment sections. Finally, the paper concludes by pointing out the future trend of AM in technology, applications, and materials aspects that have the potential to come up with new ideas for the future of AM explorations.
KW - Smart manufacturing
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - Additive manufacturing (AM)
KW - 3D printing
KW - Industrial sustainability
UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/app9183865
U2 - 10.3390/app9183865
DO - 10.3390/app9183865
M3 - Article
JO - Applied Sciences
JF - Applied Sciences
SN - 1454-5101
M1 - 3865
ER -