Nesma Aboulkhair Nesma is the Director of Additive Manufacturing at the Technology Innovation Institute (UAE) and a visiting academic at the University of Nottingham (UK). Her expertise is in Materials & Manufacturing; with active projects spanning across several metal additive manufacturing processes. She specialises on developing new materials, materials processing, manufacturing, and characterisation for metallurgy […]
Gan Liu Gan Liu is a materials engineering professional with eight years of experience in the metal 3D printing industry. He previously served as a product manager, specializing in the development of aluminum alloy materials and applications for 3D printing. During his tenure, he successfully commercialized multiple high-performance aluminum alloy products for additive manufacturing, including […]
Hao Bai Hao Bai is the founder of Concord Capital, a leading capital firm specializing in intelligent additive manufacturing. Under his leadership, Concord Capital established China’s first series of funds dedicated to this innovative field and manages dual-currency VC funds in both CNY and USD. Bai has played a pivotal role in founding companies listed […]
Manja Franke Manja Franke has been working in the field of Additive Manufacturing since 2017, gaining experience on both the machine supplier and solution provider sides. She has collaborated with a wide range of customers across various industries, supporting them in leveraging AM technologies to meet their specific needs. Her focus is on highlighting the […]
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The space industry continues to extensively use metal Additive Manufacturing for propulsion systems, vehicles, and satellite components.
Basis for the AMPOWER Report 2024 are personal interviews as well as secondary research from publicly available sources. The personal interviews were conducted directly by AMPOWER staff. The respondents were typically the respective Additive Manufacturing managers or directors with insight into the technological as well as economical company figures.
The degree of industrialization of metal Additive Manufacturing is assessed in the following by the average utilization of machine capacity at users as well as the type of product the users manufacture in their specific vertical.
AMPOWER differentiates between 20 metal Additive Manufacturing technologies. While each technology is at a different stage of technological and industrial maturity, every industry has developed to a different level as well.
Medical and Dental have fully embraced metal Additive Manufacturing and have started with the production of end parts since more than a decade ago. Extensive knowledge on qualification of production equipment and validation of production processes was gained by the players in these industries. Paired with excellent business cases, the healthcare industries profit from use of metal AM and can be regarded as main driver for the industrialization of the technology.
The spectrum of polymer Additive Manufacturing technologies has become immensely wide and is continuously increasing.
As of today, 17 different working principles are known with over more than 300 vendors supplying machines. To successfully implement polymer Additive Manufacturing, the printing process and its material properties must be understood. AMPOWER provides an overview of the different technology principles regarding process chain, part and material properties and maturity.
