European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Additive Manufacturing has brought a paradigm shift in manufacturing trends
in terms of material flexibility, accuracy, lead time and product cost. There are myriad of
additive manufacturing technologies which are commercially available but Fused
Deposition Modeling (FDM) has outclassed others due to its unique capabilities. The paper
aims to present the critical analysis of materials, applications and recent advancements in
the area of FDM. The inception of additive manufacturing processes along with their
aggressive development in field of new product development and customized parts is also
highlighted. A detailed literature survey has been carried out to chalk out various materials
and advantages of FDM. An analysis using VOSviewer software has been carried to
highlight the major areas where an intensive research has been performed. It has been
noticed that limited research has been performed on development of functionally graded
material. Moreover, the effect of temperature on different additive manufacturing
processes must explored in future.