Industrial Applications of Additive and Digital Manufacturing.

This Research Topic focuses on the rapidly growing paradigms of Additive and Digital Manufacturing, along with their related technologies, which have the potential to revolutionize the design, engineering, manufacturing, and distribution of components and products.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables the on-demand creation of complex shapes and designs by building components and products layer-by-layer from virtual models, surpassing the limitations of conventional manufacturing methods. Digital Manufacturing (DM) integrates traditional digital technologies like Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) with modern digital technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Additive Manufacturing (AM), and Autonomous Robots, leading to more agile and flexible manufacturing processes.

While industries like aerospace, automotive, and healthcare have rapidly adopted advanced design, engineering, and manufacturing techniques, with a particular focus on AM technologies, the integration of DM technologies throughout the design-to-manufacturing process, based on AM platforms, is still an ongoing endeavor.

This Research Topic aims to explore different approaches towards achieving 'Direct Digital Manufacturing with the Use of AM Technologies.'

We look forward to your valuable contributions to this exciting field of research.

We encourage the submission of articles to this collection in the following, but not limited to, fields:

● Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM)
● Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing
● Enhanced Material Transformation using Digital Technologies
● Predictive Modeling of AM Materials using Digital Technologies
● Multi-Process (Hybrid) Additive Manufacturing
● AM Processes Planning & Optimization using Digital Technologies
● Real-Time Monitoring & Control of AM Processes using Digital Technologies
● Predictive Modeling of AM Processes using Digital Technologies
● Novel and Continuous Additive Manufacturing Processes
● Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Additive Manufacturing
● Digital Twins for Additive Manufacturing Optimization
● Metrology and Quality Control in Additive Manufacturing
● Additive Manufacturing for Sustainable Design and Circular Economy
● New Industrial Applications of Additive Manufacturing

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Digital Manufacturing, Direct Manufacturing, Rapid prototyping

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.