This book is a clear and concise guide to Additive Manufacturing (AM),
now a well-established valuable tool for making models and prototypes,
and also a manufacturing method for molds and final parts finding
applications in industries such as medicine, car manufacturing, and
aerospace engineering. The book was designed as a supporting material
for special courses on advanced manufacturing technology, and for
supplementing the content of traditional manufacturing lessons. This
second edition has been updated to account for the recent explosion of
availability of small, inexpensive 3D printers for domestic use, as well
as new industrial printers for series production that have come onto the
market.