How to Use additive manufacturing in a Sentence

additive manufacturing

noun
  • The plant will be able to machine parts parts, weld and join parts and perform additive manufacturing, Pacheco said.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Its long-term goal is to build factories in space using additive manufacturing.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 29 July 2019
  • Think of additive manufacturing as 3D printing on a very large scale.
    — John Clemons, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • This is the biggest proof point for our novel additive manufacturing approach.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The team believes this new framework will help push the boundaries of what’s possible with additive manufacturing.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
  • To address the challenge, the research team turned to additive manufacturing.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
  • Both teams and the sport's organizer are using additive manufacturing for parts.
    — Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Pentagon hopes this is the start of big things to come, as additive manufacturing could allow for newer, stronger parts for aging aircraft produced in less time.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2019
  • The landscape for additive manufacturing and its use in industry has completely transformed over the past 10 years.
    — Bill King, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • Expect to see a lot of additive manufacturing and robotics at work in the Arsenal from Day 1.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The Australian Navy is researching cold spray, a form of additive manufacturing, to repair submarines.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2020
  • Lead times for additive manufacturing parts are days rather than months, and capacity scaling is only restricted by investment not process timelines.
    — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Some are common to other industries—additive manufacturing is a good way to quickly develop new prototypes, as well as tooling and fixtures.
    — Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The engine, printed in one go without any welds, joints, or fasteners, represents a leap in additive manufacturing for aerospace, the company said.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
  • That’s why my PhD focused on additive manufacturing, which is 3D printing.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But in the last few months, there's been growing evidence that the big OEMs are waking up to the advantages of additive manufacturing.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2018
  • They combined binder jet additive manufacturing with an advanced post-processing method to create leak-tight ceramic components.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The materials are made from steel using additive manufacturing, a process better known as 3D printing.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Geomiq, an additive manufacturing and machining startup based in London, is looking for a person to fork over their face for a new line of human-looking robots.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2019
  • What’s new here Using 3D printing — also called additive manufacturing — to create food isn’t a new concept.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But Mook also notes that the workforce needed to engineer via additive manufacturing tech isn’t readily available.
    — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2019
  • That’s where metal 3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing, or AM) comes in.
    — Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • Still, Beehive’s additive manufacturing approach might provide an edge.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Large-scale additive manufacturing, like desktop 3D printing, involves building objects one layer at a time.
    — James Rose, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The creepy accomplishment was made possible by a new approach to additive manufacturing that can print both rigid and elastic materials at the same time in high resolution.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Porter told Fortune that the fund has closed investments in two other companies—one in additive manufacturing, the other in transportation—that have not been made public.
    — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 12 June 2018
  • Those include space nuclear propulsion, advanced life support systems and additive manufacturing needed for trips to Mars.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Going back to the additive manufacturing problem, a 3-D printing task involves building an object layer by layer.
    — Eli David, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In recent years, additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has emerged as a sustainable method to solve construction challenges.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
  • To help make this simpler, faster, and cheaper, Fraunhofer explored the use of additive manufacturing (3D printing) to make more components in one go.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026

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