The Application of 3D Printing in Mechanical  Manufacturing

Junrui Ma

doi:10.54254/2755-2721/2025.20112

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Ma,J. (2025). The Application of 3D Printing in Mechanical Manufacturing. Applied and Computational Engineering,117,44-50.

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The Application of 3D Printing in Mechanical Manufacturing

Junrui Ma *^,1,

¹ College of Urban Rail Transit, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 201620, China

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https://doi.org/10.54254/2755-2721/2025.20112

Abstract

In modern society, with the continuous development of science and technology, 3D printing technology has become a hot technology in the field of machinery manufacturing. 3D printing can improve production efficiency, and can accurately produce three-dimensional products that can be directly applied to the mechanical parts that need to be manufactured. This article will introduce the basic principles of 3D and its advantages, but also introduce the application of 3D printing, focusing on the application of 3D printing in the construction field using cement-based materials, while printing some key components in the automotive field, fiber composite materials in the aviation field is also a development direction. This article also looks for some obvious problems with 3D printing, especially the performance of 3D printed products, as well as the cost-related issues of 3D printing, for these problems, the paper gives solutions and future directions. 3D printing will have an important position in the future, and will be widely used in the field of mechanical manufacturing and production, which has great significance

Keywords

3D printing, Mechanical manufacturing, Application, Existing problem, Future expectation

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Ma,J. (2025). The Application of 3D Printing in Mechanical Manufacturing. Applied and Computational Engineering,117,44-50.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics and Smart Systems

Conference website: https://2025.confmss.org/

ISBN：978-1-83558-793-5(Print) / 978-1-83558-794-2(Online)

Conference date: 16 June 2025

Editor：Mian Umer Shafiq

Series: Applied and Computational Engineering

Volume number: Vol.117

ISSN：2755-2721(Print) / 2755-273X(Online)

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