ABSTRACT
Additive manufacturing is a new production technology which greatly developed during last decades for metals and polymers. One of the main challenges of using this method for manufacturing parts is providing required functional physical and mechanical characteristics. Tribology is one important requirement for additively manufactured components, and there are many works focused on the tribological characterization of 3D-printed parts. In this book chapter, concentration is on the investigation of the effect of surface textures on the tribological properties of surface for the parts produced by various additive manufacturing methods and different metal and polymer materials. Friction and wear were mainly evaluated in the chapter for additively manufactured parts and the effects of surface texture have been discussed. It is concluded that, for both metals and polymers, the surface texture can determine the tribological properties, and with changing the surface texture, it can be possible to control and characterize the wear rate and coefficient of friction.
