Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technology: Principles and Applications consists of the construction and working details of all modern additive manufacturing and 3D-printing technology processes and machines while also including the fundamentals for a well-rounded educational experience. The book is written to help the reader understand the fundamentals of the systems. This book provides a selection of additive manufacturing techniques suitable for near-term application with enough technical background to understand the domain its applicability and to consider variations to suit technical and organizational constraints. It highlights new innovative 3D-printing systems presents a view of 4D printing and promotes a vision of additive manufacturing and applications toward modern manufacturing engineering practices. With the block diagrams self-explanatory figures chapter exercises and photographs of lab-developed prototypes along with case studies this new textbook will be useful to students studying courses in Mechanical Production Design Mechatronics and Electrical Engineering. . Language: English