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AEROSPACE CHINA ›› 2025, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (3/4): 3-18.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-0940.2024.03.001

• ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY •     Next Articles

An Overview of Multi-material Additive Manufacturing Processes

LIU Yuan1,2, LIU Guangtong1,2, MENG Fanwei1,2, TIAN Dongbo1,2   

  1. 1 Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, Beijing 100094;
    2 Assembly Technology Center of CASC, Beijing 100094
  • Online:2024-12-20 Published:2025-02-21

Abstract: Acknowledged as a highly versatile manufacturing technology, additive manufacturing holds the potential to transform traditional manufacturing practices in the future. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the latest processes for manufacturing multi-material structural components using additive manufacturing technologies. It discusses the most recent applications of these processes in the fields of automotive, aerospace, biomedical, and dental, and presents a systematic overview of commonly used methods in multi-material additive manufacturing.

Key words: additive manufacturing, manufacturing process, multi-material printing