MATERIALS PARK, Ohio, Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ASM International publishes the full volume of ASM Handbook, Volume 24: Additive Manufacturing Processes in ASM Handbooks Online™ in the ASM Digital Library. The print volume is scheduled to be published later in August 2020.

ASM Handbook, Volume 24: Additive Manufacturing Processes, edited by David L. Bourell, William Frazier, Howard Kuhn, and Mohsen Seifi, was developed to address the current and rapidly expanding importance of additive manufacturing (AM). This Volume provides the latest knowledge in materials, processes, and applications of AM, written by the leading experts in research and industry.

The handbook begins with an introduction and history of AM, authored by some of the key participants in that history as they trace the evolution of AM. It is comprised of five divisions including polymer, ceramic, and metal AM processes divisions, and covers direct write processes, which take advantage of AM processes to combine materials and devices for multifunctional engineering applications.

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