3D printing technology and its impact on Chinese manufacturing

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1488-1497

  Long, Yunguang ^a   Pan, Jieyi ^a   Zhang, Qinghui ^b   Hao, Yingjie ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3D printing; 3D printing industrialisation; Chinese manufacturing; development situation; potential impact

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; PRINTING;

3-D PRINTING; 3D PRINTING (3DP) TECHNOLOGY; CURRENT SITUATION; DEVELOPMENT SITUATIONS; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIALISATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 85010664394     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1280196     Document Type: Article

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