Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing (AM) is one of the most trending technologies nowadays, and it has potential to become disruptive for manufacturing. Academia industry pay attention AM because enables a wide range new possibilities design freedom, complex parts production, components, mass personalization, process improvement. The material extrusion (ME) technology metallic materials becoming relevant equivalent other techniques, like laser powder bed fusion. Although ME cannot overpass some limitations, compared with technologies, smaller overall costs initial investment, more straightforward equipment parametrization, production flexibility.This study aims evaluate components produced by ME, or Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), different materials: Inconel 625, H13 SAE, 17-4PH. microstructure mechanical characteristics manufactured were evaluated, confirming effectiveness revealing that this an alternative metal-based AM.