The cost of additive manufacturing: Machine productivity, economies of scale and technology-push

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-201

  Baumers, Martin ^a   Dickens, Phill ^a   Tuck, Chris ^a   Hague, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D printing; Additive manufacturing; Digital fabrication; Economies of scale; Production cost; Productivity; Rapid manufacturing; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FABRICATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LASER HEATING; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING;

3-D PRINTING; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; DIGITAL FABRICATION; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; PRODUCTION COST; RAPID MANUFACTURING;

3D PRINTERS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COST ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84949530804     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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