Advances and Applications of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing: Current Progress, Challenges, and Future Outlook

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Additive manufacturing has evolved from a rapid-prototyping tool into a versatile, digitally driven manufacturing technology capable of producing complex, lightweight, functionally graded, and highly customizable components. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Derui Jiang; Haopeng Shen; Aijun Huang

doi:10.3390/ma19173743

September 3, 2026MaterialsOpen Access

Advances and Applications of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing: Current Progress, Challenges, and Future Outlook

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To review the technological maturation, cross-industry applications, and engineering limitations of modern additive manufacturing systems.
Synthesized technical literature detailing additive fabrication methodologies including powder bed fusion, material extrusion, and vat photopolymerization.
Evaluated mechanical performance criteria, processing parameters, and surface finish metrics across metal, polymer, and composite AM systems.
Additive manufacturing enables structural optimization and complex component geometry unattainable through conventional subtractive manufacturing techniques.
Primary barriers to broad industrial adoption include anisotropic microstructures, slow print rates, high equipment capital costs, and inadequate process standardization.

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Comprehensive review demonstrates rapid evolution of additive manufacturing across industrial sectors, highlighting critical technological barriers and scalable fabrication strategies.

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Jiang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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