Annotated Bibliography on 3D Printing: Mechanical Engineering

This annotated bibliography provides a comprehensive overview of 3D printing, examining its applications and advantages across various sectors. The bibliography includes two key references: Pryor (2014), which investigates the implementation of 3D printing services in academic libraries, highlighting its benefits for knowledge generation and practical project development, and Attaran (2017), which focuses on the rise of 3D printing and its competitive advantages over traditional manufacturing methods, emphasizing shorter timeframes, design flexibility, and customer-friendly manufacturing. The analysis of each source includes a summary of its objectives, key findings, and any identified drawbacks, along with recommendations for further research and practical application. The student's work underscores the transformative potential of 3D printing in both academic and industrial contexts, suggesting its adoption to foster innovation and enhance competitiveness. This bibliography serves as a valuable resource for understanding the current state and future possibilities of 3D printing technology.

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Reference 1:
Pryor, S. (2014). Implementing a 3D printing service in an academic library. Journal of
Library Administration, 54(1), 1-10.
URL:
https://spark.siue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://scholar.google.co.in/
&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=library_fac
Pryor, (2014), in the reviewed article has pursued the objective of identifying the
benefits that the 3D printing techniques can offer in an academic library. The paper has
adopted a case study where 3D printing has been adopted by “Southern Illinois University” at
Edwardsville’s Lovejoy Library. The paper has offered justification over the selection of the
technology, equipment procedure & workflow and finally focused on citing the success that
the service has offered in the academic purposes. The justification provided by the author
suggests that library is not just for storing knowledge but even generates knowledge and the
physical projects (structural design, biological model and others) by the library participants
do not get maximum opportunity due to 2D printing and hence, the selection. It is evident that
the paper is well researched and has proven a crucial point that 3D technology can offer
prominent benefits in building academically sound workforce for the corporate industry. No
drawback apart for the structuring of the paper has been identified.
Recommendation:
On reviewing the article, it is recommended that the academic institutes should adopt
more disruptive technologies that can assist in making the students academically ready while
also preparing them for the stiff corporate challenges that awaits them in the future by
enhancing their capability and confidence.

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Reference 2:
Attaran, M. (2017). The rise of 3-D printing: The advantages of additive manufacturing over
traditional manufacturing. Business Horizons, 60(5), 677-688.
URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohsen_Attaran/publication/
313904803_The_rise_of_3-
D_printingThe_advantages_of_additive_manufacturing_over_traditional_manufacturing/
links/5955368a0f7e9b591cd7391e/The-rise-of-3-D-printingThe-advantages-of-additive-
manufacturing-over-traditional-manufacturing.pdf
Attaran, (2017) in his paper has focused on offering an insight about the surge in
adoption of 3D printing and how it is offering competitive advantage to its users over the
counterparts who are using the traditional means of manufacturing. The author claims that
“Additive manufacturing technologies are opening new opportunities in terms of production
paradigm and manufacturing possibilities”. Additionally, the claims that the deemed
technology offers shorter timeframe, new design within shorter period and customer-friendly
manufacturing can easily be achieved by the deemed technology. The paper has cited focus
on the traditional manufacturing challenges and how equipping the 3D printing can offer
them a long sustainable future. The advantage of the paper is that it has adequately described
the objective of the paper that is how 3D printing can be used to leverage manufacturing
options in different industries. The only identified drawback is that the paper lacks proper
implementation module or the challenges that the subject can offer.
Recommendation:
The findings reveal that 3D printing can offer sustainable benefit to its users. Hence, it
would be recommended that the manufacturing firms should move on to additive

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manufacturing from traditional means. However, they should take account of the
compatibility of the deemed technology with organisational environment before adopting it.

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Bibliography:
Attaran, M. (2017). The rise of 3-D printing: The advantages of additive manufacturing over
traditional manufacturing. Business Horizons, 60(5), 677-688.
Pryor, S. (2014). Implementing a 3D printing service in an academic library. Journal of
Library Administration, 54(1), 1-10.