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A. Steinwender, W. Kritzinger:
"Systematic approach for the identification of new industrial application fields for AMT";
Talk: iCAT 2016, Nürnberg; 2016-11-29 - 2016-11-30; in: "Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Additive Technologies", I. Drstvensek, D. Drummer, M Schmidt (ed.); (2016), ISBN: 978-961-285-537-6; 389 - 395.

Additive manufacturing technologies have the potential to revolutionize entire value creation chains and systems. Companies are facing several challenges by using AMT in industrial application fields without straying too far from their own core competences. Often companies tend to apply AMT as a substitute technology for the same products produced by conventional manufacturing technologies. This is based on a lack of knowledge and the high complexity of the multi-dimensional impact of AMT on value creation chains. Frequently, the identification of a new AMT product is based on product-, material- or manufacturing factors. Thereby, further potential of applying AMT remain concealed based by a missing extension of the scope to the entire value creation chain. This paper presents a systematic approach to identify new application field for additive technologies in companies´ industrial environment. An essential aspect is the identification of the products function and the property of the product. Not only product- or material specific factors will be taken into consideration. Moreover, from new opportunities and potentials in the entire value-added chain through to the development of new business models will be identified and explained.

additive manufacturing technologies, 3d-printing, industrial application, value creation system, systematic identification, holistic approach, application fields

http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_254758.pdf