Metal multi-material additive manufacturing : Overcoming barriers to implementation
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Clare, A.T.
Woizeschke, P.
Rankouhi, B.
Pfefferkorn, F.E.
Bartels, D.
Schmidt, M.
Wits, W.W.
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Elsevier
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© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of CIRP.
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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.
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A.T. Clare, P. Woizeschke, B. Rankouhi, F.E. Pfefferkorn, D. Bartels, M. Schmidt, W.W. Wits, Metal multi-material additive manufacturing: Overcoming barriers to implementation, CIRP Annals, Volume 74, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 869-893, ISSN 0007-8506, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2025.05.004.