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The Adoption of Additive Manufacturing Technology in Sweden

ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the adoption of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies in Sweden. The dataset consists of a recent and representative sample of Swedish AM users (companies, universities, and research institutes). The authors investigate two questions. Firstly, what are the current applications of AM in Sweden (e.g. Rapid Prototyping (RP), production)? Secondly, what are the […]

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Additive Manufacturing Technology Potential: A Cleaner Manufacturing Alternative

ABSTRACT This paper focuses on an emerging manufacturing technology called Additive Manufacturing (AM) and its potential to become a more efficient and cleaner manufacturing alternative. This work is built around selected case companies, where the benefit of AM compared to other more traditional technologies is studied through the comparison of resource consumption. The resource consumption […]

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The Adoption of Additive Manufacturing Technology in Sweden

Research paper in collaboration with the faculty of engineering (LTH), Lund university, published in “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing”, Vol. 2, No4, 2015. (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/3dp.2015.0013) ABSTRACT This article analyzes the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies in Sweden. The data set consists of a recent and representative sample of Swedish AM users (companies, universities, and research […]

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The Role of Additive Manufacturing Technology in job creation: an exploratory case study of suppliers of Additive Manufacturing in Sweden

Research paper published 12th CIRP Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing – Emerging Potentials, September 22nd-24th, 2014, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Abstract This paper investigates how Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, as a process innovation, may contribute to a job creation. Further, the various mechanisms in which AM may contribute to an increase in job creation as well […]

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