Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2019 (SIMES-2019)

This book derives from the Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2019 (SIMES-2019) that has been launched as a joint issue of the journals Materials and Applied Sciences. The 29 contributions published in this Special Issue of Materials present cutting-edge advances in the field of manufacturing engineering focusing on additive manufacturing and 3D printing; advances and innovations in manufacturing processes; sustainable and green manufacturing; manufacturing of new materials; metrology and quality in manufacturing; industry 4.0; design modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering; and manufacturing engineering and society. Among them the topic Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing has attracted a large number of contributions in this journal due to its widespread popularity and potential.