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For many years, one of the best approaches to production was considered as computer numerical control (CNC) machine, but not anymore because the field 3D printing technology is showing very encouraging results and it is expected within a few years this technology is likely to disrupt the existing practices of production.

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    CNC machine could be considered as a robotic machine where computers execute preprogrammed sequences of machine control commands. Broadly, specific products are manufactured automatically based on the created by computer-aided design (CAD) software and then the process of manufacturing controlled by computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software.

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    VAT photopolymerization, material jetting, binder jetting, material extrusion, powder bed fusion, sheet lamination and directed energy deposition. Please refer http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/amrg/about/the7categoriesofadditivemanufacturing/ for more details, accessed on 2 November 2017.

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Lele, A. (2019). Additive Manufacturing (AM). In: Disruptive Technologies for the Militaries and Security. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 132. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3384-2_5

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