The field of Additive manufacturing is a technology that is rapidly developing and integrated into manufacturing. Additive manufacturing is a layer wise fabrication and distinct from conventional subtractive manufacturing.

The book covers topics such as System Drives and Actuators, Polymers and Powder Metallurgy, Nano materials and Characterization techniques, and Manufacturing control and automation.

The book will be very useful to students and subject teachers, and prepared as per the syllabus of VTU (CBCS) Scheme.

I express my sincere thanks to one and all in helping me to bring out this book. I sincerely thank the team of IPH in publishing and taking care of quality printing.

I thank my teachers, my parents, my wife, daughter and son for their support and continuous encouragement throughout the journey.