ABSTRACT
Despite the exponential rise over the past decade, there are still several challenges that prevent the commercial acceptance of metal additive manufacturing. In recent years, there has been a growing trend toward integrating additive manufacturing with traditional subtractive manufacturing and secondary manufacturing processes in order to mitigate the inherent limitations of metal additive manufacturing. In fact, hybrid metal additive manufacturing technologies have the potential to overcome the existing limitations that are present in today’s manufacturing processes by using the combined benefits of integrated technologies. This chapter provides an in-depth analysis of the current cutting-edge in the field, emphasizing the following three primary elements of the topic: (i) overview of hybridization and its benefits, (ii) design for integrated techniques, and (iii) role of hybridization in sustainability. The primary purpose of the study is to categorize the most recent information for engineers, professionals, and researchers, as well as identify problems and potential future research areas.
