AM Technology Overview 2024
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| # | Abbreviation | Naming | Metal | Plastic | Ceramic | Vendors (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3SP | Scan, Spin & Selectively Photocure |  | EnvisionTEC | ||
| 2 | ADAM | Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing | | Markforged | ||
| 3 | AKF | Arburg Konstoff Freeform | | Arburg | ||
| 4 | APD | Augmented Polymer Deposition | | RIZE | ||
| 5 | BJ | Binder Jetting | | | Desktop Metal , Ricoh, 3D Systems | |
| 6 | PµSL | Projection Micro Stereolithography | | | Boston Micro Fabrication | |
| 7 | CDLP | Continuous Digital Light Processing | | ETEC | ||
| 8 | CJP | Color Jetting | | 3D-Systems, ExOne, Voxeljet | ||
| 9 | CLIP | Continuous Liquid Interface Production | | Carbon | ||
| 10 | CSAM | Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing | | Spee3D, Titomic | ||
| 11 | DED | Direct Energy Deposition | | | | Arevo, DMG Mori, Optomec, Sciaky |
| 12 | DLP | Digital Light Processing | | Stratasys/Origin, Desktop Metal/envisionTEC | ||
| 13 | DLS | Digital Light Synthesis | | Carbon | ||
| 14 | DMD | Direct Metal Deposition | | DMG Mori, Trumpf | ||
| 15 | DMLS | Direct Metal Laser Sintering | | Protolabs | ||
| 16 | DOD | Drop On Demand | ||||
| 17 | EBAM | Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing | | |||
| 18 | EBM | Electron Beam Melting | | |||
| 19 | FDM | Fused Deposition Modelling | | | ||
| 20 | FDR | Fine Detail Resolution Technologie | | |||
| 21 | FFF | Fused Filament Fabrication | | Apium, Intamsys | ||
| 22 | HIP | Hot Isostatic Pressing | | |||
| 23 | ISL | Inverted Stereolithography | | |||
| 24 | LAM | Liquid Additive Manufacturing | | Arburg | ||
| 25 | LDM | Liquid Deposition Modeling | | |||
| 26 | LENS | Laser Engineering Net Shape | | |||
| 27 | LMD | Laser Metal Deposition | | |||
| 28 | LMF | Laser Metal Fusion | | |||
| 29 | LOM | Laminated Object Manufacturing | | |||
| 30 | MJ | Material Jetting | | |||
| 31 | MJF | Multi Jet Fusion | | HP | ||
| 32 | MJM | MutiJet Modeling | | Stratasys (Polyjet) | ||
| 33 | NPJ | Nano Particle Jetting | | Xjet | ||
| 34 | PAM | Pellet Additive Manufacturing | | Pollen AM | ||
| 35 | PBF | Powder Bed Fusion | | EOS | ||
| 36 | PJ | PolyJet | | Stratasys | ||
| 37 | PLS | Plastic Laser Sintering | | |||
| 38 | RPD | Rapid Plasma Deposition | | Norsk Titanium | ||
| 39 | SAF | Selective Absorption Fusion | | Stratasys | ||
| 40 | SLA | Stereolithography | | 3D-Systems, Stratasys | ||
| 41 | SLM/DMLM | Selective Laser Melting | | |||
| 42 | SLS | Selective Lasersintern | | | EOS | |
| 43 | TKF | Titomic Kinetic Fusion | | Titomic |