Learning materials for industrial and professional 3D printing in Finnish and in English. All pointers with tag FREE are free to download. New titles are added frequently.

In spite of digitalization and smart systems, it is difficult to find proper publications on 3D printing. This site was created to compile the latest research reports and other publications in one place. I hope this page is useful for you! Best regards, Pekka

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1. Landscape

• 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing State of the Industry – Wohlers report. ISBN 978-0-9913332-3-3
• 3D Printing, Intellectual Property and Innovation: Insights from Law and Technology, Ballardini, Norrgård, et al. (ed) 2017. ISBN 9789041183828
• 3D printing and applications: academic research through case studies in Finland. 2016. Flores; Huotilainen; Mohite; Chekurov; Salmi; Helle; Wang; Kukko; Björkstrand, ; Tuomi; Partanen. Free
• Europe Additive Manufacturing Strategy. 2017. CECIMO. Short summary of the report. Free
• Technical, Economic and Societal Effects of Manufacturing 4.0. Automation, Adaption and Manufacturing in Finland and Beyond. Springer 2020. Mikael Collan and Karl-Erik Michelsen. Free.

2. Getting started

• 3D printing for dummies. Kalani Kirk Hausman & Richard Horne. ESBN: B00EFB44HU. Available in online bookstores.
• 3D Printing Failures: How to Diagnose and Repair All 3D Printing Issues. Sean Aranda and David Feeney 2017. Available in online bookstores.
• 3D PRINTING PROJECTS: 200 3D Practice Drawings For 3D Printing.  Sachidanand Jha 2019. Online bookstores.
• 3D Printing Without Prior Knowledge: 7 days to your first 3D print (Become an Engineer Without Prior Knowledge). Benjamin Spahic. 2022
• 3D-tulostettujen metallien tutkimus. Mari Tanttari, Harri Laaksonen. TAMK harjoitustyö. 2017.
• A Guide to Additive Manufacturing. 2022. Damir Godec, Joamin Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Axel Nordin, Eujin Pei, Julia Ureña Alcázar. Springer.
• Additive manufacturing (by EPMA – The European Powder Metallugy Association). 2017. FREE
• Additive Manufacturing, design, methods and processing. 2017. Steinar Westhrin Killi. ISBN-13: 978-9814774161. ISBN-10: 9814774162. Available in online bookstores.
• Design for metal AM – a beginner’s guide. Marc Saunders. Blog.
• Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing. Hod Lipson & Melba Kurman
  ESBN: 1118350634. Available in online bookstores.
• Handbook of Additive Manufacturing (AM) adoption Universityu of Turku 2024
• Make: Getting Started With 3D Printing.  Liza Wallach Kloski & Nick Kloski. ESBN: 1680450204. Available in online bookstores.
• Printing Things: Visions and Essentials for 3D Printing. Dries Verbruggen.  ESBN: 3899555163.  Available in online bookstores.
• The 3D printing handbook – Technologies, design and applications. 2017. Ben Redwood, Filemon Schöffer, Brian Garret. Available in online bookstores.

3. Business

• 3D Printing For Money: The first handbook on how to make Money with 3D Printers. Richard Licastro. 2022
• 3D-tulostuksen suunnittelu- ja päätöksenteko-opas yrityksille. DIMECC publications series no. 12. Chekurov S., Eklund P., Kujanpää V., Pekkarinen J., Syrjälä K. and vihinen J.  FREE
• 3D Printing Focused Peer Production – Revolution in design, development
  and manufacturing. Moilanen Jarkko 2017. Doctoral thesis. FREE
• 3D Printing Business: How to Start a Successful 3D Printing Business. ClydeBank Business. Available in online bookstores.
  ESBN: 1511830875
• Additive impact part #1 – how AM could disrupt your market. Marc Saunders. Blog.
• Additive impact part #2 – how AM could disrupt your market. Marc Saunders. Blog.
• Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry. Francis Froes and Rodney Boyer. 2019.
• DfAM strategy – create ’design space’ for maximum AM impact. Marc Saunders. Blog.
• Early adoption of 3D Printing Technology: Risks and Rewards. Free ebook. Global imaging.
• From rapid prototyping to home fabrication: How 3D printing is changing business model innovation. 2016. Rayna T. and Striukova L.
• How To Make Money With 3D Printing: Passive Profits, Hacking The 3D Printing Ecosystem And Becoming A World-Class 3D Designer. Jeffrey Ito. Available in online bookstores.
• Making metal AM more accessible. Marc Saunders. Blog.
• Supercharg3d: How 3D Printing Will Drive Your Supply Chain. 2019. Len Pannett
• Wohlers Report 2018. 3D printing and additive manufacturing state of the industry.

4. Workflow

• 3D Printing Failures: 2019 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues. 2019. Sean Aranda and David Feeney. ISBN-13: 978-1731458629
  ISBN-10: 1731458622.
• AM-prosessin integrointi tuotantoon – metalliosien valmistuksen työvaiheet. Tutkimusraportti VTT-R-03327-16. Antti Vaajoki, Sini Metsä-Kortelainen.  FREE
• Introduction to additive manufacturing technology- A guide for Designers and Engineers. European powder metallurgy association. FREE
• DfAM essentials – print parts efficiently and effectively. Marc Saunders. Blog.

5. Design & optimisation

• An Introduction to Design for Additive Manufacturing. EBook. FREE. Publisher: PTC. 2023
• Can you build AM parts without supports? Marc Saunders. Blog.
• Design for additive manufacturing. 2016. Komi. VTT Research report VTT-R-03159-16. Free.
• Design for Additive Manufacturing: Tools and Optimization (Additive Manufacturing Materials and Technologies). 2019. Martin Leary. Available in online bookstores. Review.
• Design guide for additive manufacturing of metal components by SLM process. Research report VTT-R-03160-16. Kokkonen P., Salonen L., Virta J., Hemming B., Laukkanen P., Savolainen M., Komi E., Junttila J., Ruusuvuori K., Varjus S., Vaajoki A., Kivi S., Welling  J. h FREE
• Design Guidelines for Additive Manufactured Snap-Fit Joints. 2016.Procedia CIRP 50 ( 2016 ) 264 – 269. Christoph Klahna, Daniel Singerb, Mirko Meboldt. FREE
• Functional Design for 3D Printing. Clifford T Smyth. ESBN: 1511572027.  Available in online bookstores.
• Giga-voxel computational morphogenesis for structural design. Niels Aage, Erik Andreassen, Boyan S. Lazarov & Ole Sigmund. 2017. Article.
• Is topological optimisation really optimal? Marc Saunders. Blog.
• Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing of Metal Parts: Modeling, Optimization, and Control of Mechanical Properties. Book. Linkan Bian, Nima Shamsaei, John Usher. 2017. Includes chapter: Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Metal ALM by Moataz Attallah.
• Minimal manifolds revisited – shedding more material & boosting performance. Marc Saunders. Blog.
• Structural Optimization and Additive Manufacturing. Ibabe J., Jokinen A., Larkiola J., Arruabarrena G. FREE
• Prototyping And Modelmaking For Product Design, Second Edition. Bjarki Hallgrimsson. 2019.
• Design for additive manufacturing. Erin Komi. Research report VTT-R-03159-16. FREE

6. Materials & reports

• Additive Manufacturing – Developments in Training and Education. 2018. Eujin Pei, Mario Monzón, Alain Bernard
• Lisäävän valmistuksen keskeiset materiaalit ja niiden ominaisuudet. Tutkimusraportti VTT-R-03997-16. Antero Jokinen, Tuomas Riipinen. FREE
• Recycled Plastics in 3D printing – Laboratory for Development, January 2016 – September 2017. Project summary. Turku​ ​University​ ​of​ ​Applied​ ​Sciences: Jenni Suominen, Marketta Virta, Laura Laitinen, Juha Nurmio, Liisa Lehtinen. Arcada​ ​University​ ​of​ ​Applied​ ​Sciences: Maiju Holm, Mirja Andersson. SYKE​ ​-​ ​Finnish​ ​Environment​ ​Institute: Hanna Eskelinen, Helena Dahlbo.
• Selecting the Right Material for 3D Printing. White Paper.  Register and download.

7. Manufacturing & construction

• 3D-Printed Body Architecture. Neil Leach (Guest Editor), Behnaz Farahi (Guest Editor). Book. 2017
• Additive Manufacturing of Metals- From Fundamental Technology to Rocket Nozzles, Medical Implants, and Custom Jewelry. 2017. Milewski, John O.
• Flaws in Metal AM Parts: How to Detect Them and What They Mean. Peter Zelinski. Blog post.
• Printing Architecture – Innovative Recipes for 3D printing. 2018. Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello. Princeton Architectural press.
• The Construction Industry in the 21st Century. CACM March 2018 vol 61. Keith Kirckpatrick. Technology review.

8. Post processing

• 5 Easy Ways to Remove Metal Support Structures. Blog. FREE
• Post Processing Methods used to Improve Surface Finish of Products which are Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing Technologies: A Review. 2016. Kumbhar N.N,  Mulay A.V. FREE

9. Resources

• Additive manufacturing today white papers.
• Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine.
• Case studies (Renishaw)
• Visualizing Mathematics with 3D Printing, Henry Segerman 2016

10. IPR and 3D scanning

• Abbot, E. Reconstructing History: The Ethical and Legal Implications of 3D Technologies for Public History, Heritage Sites, and Museums, Huron Research, July 11, 2016, http://bit.ly/2QCvsnw
• Mendis, D. Going for Gold—IP Implications of 3D Scanning & 3D Printing, CREATe, Nov. 29, 2017, http://bit.ly/2Nm8B1B
• Billingsley, S. Intellectual Property in the Age of 3D Scanning and 3D Printing, Spar3D, July 25, 2016, http://bit.ly/2POhKwL.
• Doctorow, C. Why 3D scans aren’t copyrightable, Boing Boing, June 21, 2016, http://bit.ly/2NnQiJq
• Doctorow, C. 3D digitisation and intellectual property rights, Jisc, January 17, 2014, http://bit.ly/2xtl3ls
• Shein E. Who Owns 3D Scans of Historic Sites. CACM Vol 62 No 1, Jan 2019. Pp 15-17.
• Wachowiak, M.J., and Karas, B.V. 3D Scanning and Replication for Museum and Cultural Heritage Applications, JAIC 48 (2009), 141–158, https://s.si.edu/2NYouuN

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