Glossary
Additive manufacturing terms and acronyms, and what each of them means.
287Terms
146Acronyms Expanded
20Categories
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287 terms in 20 categories
- 3DCP3D Concrete Printing
- 3DP3D Printing
- 3DPC3D Printed Construction
- AFMAbrasive Flow Machining
- AMAdditive Manufacturing
- AMFGAutonomous Manufacturing
- Annealing
- Batch Production
- Billet
- Calibration
- CAMComputer Aided Manufacturing
- CNCComputer Numerical Control
- Debinding
- Degreasing
- DFADesign for Assembly
- DfAMDesign for Additive Manufacturing
- DFMDesign for Manufacturability
- Digital Inventory
- Draft Angle
- EDMElectrical Discharge Machining
- EOATEnd of Arm Tooling
- Finishing
- Flocking
- Input Shaping
- Investment Casting
- JITJust In Time
- Lost Wax Casting
- Metallisation
- Metrology
- Near Net Shape
- NNSNear Net Shape
- Part Consolidation
- PLMProduct Lifecycle Management
- Post Processing
- Product Lifecycle Management
- QAQuality Assurance
- RMRapid Manufacturing
- RPRapid Prototyping
- RTRapid Tooling
- Shot Peening
- Staking
- Supply Chain
- Vapour Smoothing
- Vibratory Finishing