Impacto da evolução da manufatura aditiva sobre o desenvolvimento de produto

Abstract

Given the brazilian academic production about making objects using Additive Manufacturing technology, popularly known as 3D printing, isn’t as advanced as leaders countries in that technology, the access to more technical informations becomes prevalent in foreign publications, which demand a very extensive research to compile a history of evolution of that technology. The Additive Manufacturing innovation is an important field to be studied, mainly because of discussions about the possibilities and advantages that technology brought to market. As a proposal, this research aims to compile academic information deemed relevant about the evolution of Additive Manufacturing technology, from its origins to the recent applications, emphasizing results registered on product development field, in a way to serve as starting point and reference for study and / or application in a possible product development for brazilian market. At the end of compilation, the perception obtained is that the Additive Manufacturing is one of several technologies that goes to establish itself definitively and change the consumers’ daily life. Therefore, it is possible to verify that not only the market relations will be changed, but it is also feasible to affirm that it will be a direct consequence of the new approaches that Additive Manufacturing brings to design, when applied extensively to Product Development.