AM

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000177",
  "term": "AM",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An abbreviation for Additive Manufacturing, a process of creating three-dimensional objects by adding successive layers of material. This method builds parts directly from a digital model, contrasting with subtractive manufacturing techniques that remove material. Common additive manufacturing processes include fused deposition modeling (FDM) and selective laser sintering (SLS).",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "references": [
    "Additive Manufacturing (National Institute of Standards and Technology)"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "AM",
    "es": "AM",
    "fr": "AM"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/am/"
}