(38b) Commercialization of Additive Manufacturing, Some Pitfalls and Consideration

Commercialization, technology transfer, and scale-up of Additive Manufacturing has its own challenges and required careful considerations, in addition to the general new technology commercialization challenges. These specific issues are due to the diversity of Additive Manufacturing, technology, and applications, technoeconomic, supporting platforms, and market demand. However, the enabling aspect of Additive Manufacturing could supersede some conventional technoeconomic issues.

This presentation will be in three sections: starting with the general commercialization issues and bringing a technology from lab to the market, with common pitfalls and some workarounds; Continuing with the specific challenges with the Additive Manufacturing domain and breaking down the steps with life cycle analysis; And at the end, will discuss some case studies.