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What Is Additive Manufacturing? Additive Systems, Processes and Materials

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The Management of Additive Manufacturing

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This chapter introduces the current status of additive technologies. It initially discusses various terminologies used by researchers and practitioners to define this emerging technology, in order to reach the most appropriate phrase.

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    Mojtaba Khorram Niaki & Fabio Nonino

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Khorram Niaki, M., Nonino, F. (2018). What Is Additive Manufacturing? Additive Systems, Processes and Materials. In: The Management of Additive Manufacturing. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56309-1_1

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