1. Background, history, and positioning of the process
1.1 History
Additive manufacturing is not a recent invention. It was in the late 1980s that advances in technology—particularly in computing—made it truly possible to manufacture complex parts in 3D. The power and performance of computers and CAD software, along with the emergence of the first virtual slicing algorithms, paved the way for what is known as “rapid prototyping.” . However, the first metal additive manufacturing...
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