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Additive Manufacturing: Processes and Benefits

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This lecture covers the general introduction to additive manufacturing, including the classification of production processes into subtractive, replicative, and additive. It explains the benefits of additive manufacturing, such as direct fabrication from CAD, geometrical complexity, and cost-effectiveness. The disadvantages, like inferior mechanical properties and slow processes, are also discussed. Furthermore, it delves into the history of additive processes, highlighting key developments and milestones in the field.

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3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer control, with material being added together (such as plastics, liquids or powder grains being fused), typically layer by layer. In the 1980s, 3D printing techniques were considered suitable only for the production of functional or aesthetic prototypes, and a more appropriate term for it at the time was rapid prototyping.

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Cost-effectiveness analysis

Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a form of economic analysis that compares the relative costs and outcomes (effects) of different courses of action. Cost-effectiveness analysis is distinct from cost–benefit analysis, which assigns a monetary value to the measure of effect. Cost-effectiveness analysis is often used in the field of health services, where it may be inappropriate to monetize health effect.

Cost–utility analysis

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