Blockchain for Additive Manufacturing
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Published:2023
Abstract
This article first describes a typical additive manufacturing (AM) process chain, which involves the transaction of digital information to manufacture physical products. The digitized nature of AM exposes the technology to increased vulnerabilities, posing a hurdle to its mass adoption. The article presents motivation for using blockchain, which is a decentralized, immutable ledger that is shared on a peer-to-peer network. The article presents the advantages of blockchain integration to AM supply chains. These involve aspects of data security, supply chain and logistics, finance, value creation, and scope expansion. The article also presents the opportunities and challenges of blockchain technology.
Jiekang Haw, Tanni Alam Dola, Swee Leong Sing, Edgar Yong Sheng Tan, Alexander Zhonghong Liu, Blockchain for Additive Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing Design and Applications, Vol 24A, ASM Handbook, Edited By Mohsen Seifi, David L. Bourell, William Frazier, Howard Kuhn, ASM International, 2023, p 582–587, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.hb.v24A.a0006961
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