Additive Manufacturing Value Chain

Development of an SME-specific value chain of additively manufactured final metal parts

Tim Niklas Mai, Martin Brylowski, Ayman Nagi, Wolfgang Kersten ORCID Icon
JournalIndustrie 4.0 Management
Issue Volume 38, 2022, Edition 3, Pages 25-30
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_22-3_25-30
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Abstract

Additive manufacturing processes are becoming increasingly important in industry and enable the cost-e ective production of complex components in small quantities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular can bene t from the high customization potential enabling the development of new business models. However, the widespread use of additive processes faces high production costs and technological challenges. Meanwhile, scienti c research focuses on the optimization of individual process steps of additive manufacturing and does not o er su cient support for SMEs. Therefore, this paper deals with the development of a cross-process value chain of additive manufacturing for SMEs. Based on a systematic analysis of scienti c literature, relevant additive manufacturing processes were investigated, and a cross-process value chain was derived. The results were veri ed by expert interviews and central research and development requirements were extracted.

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