| Abstract Scope |
Advancements in metal additive manufacturing (AM) have improved production capabilityacross medical, aerospace, and automotive sectors, yet widespread adoption—especiallyin aerospace—is hindered by costly and protracted qualification processes. Traditionalmaterial and process qualification methods struggle to efficiently address the complexityinherent in AM. The complexity stems from process variability, inspection, changemanagement, and novel geometry. Significant effort has been expended to address theseissues in academia and industry such that approaches to overcoming these barriers areavailable. However, none of these approaches allows AM to achieve its full capabilities. Tobuild new approaches and methods, key technologies and capabilities are needed. Thispresentation will outline the specific problems facing the next evolution of AM qualificationand will discuss potential solutions. |