AM	Additive Manufacturing
RM	Rapid Manufacturing
CAD	Computer-Aided Design
SS	Stainless Steel
FCG	Fatigue Crack Growth
PH	Precipitation Hardening
PLA	Polylactic Acid
PHB	Poly(3-HydroxyButyrate)
EVA	Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
ABS	Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
ME	Material extrusion
ASA	Acrilonitril Stiren Acrilat
PEEK	Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone
CNF	Cellulose Nanofibers
ME	Material extrusion
HEAs	High Entropy Alloys
HIP	Hot Isostatic Pressing
DED	Direct Energy Deposition
LDED	Laser Direct Energy Deposition
SMAs	Shape Memory Alloys
EB-DED	Electron Beam Directed Energy Deposition
L-PBF	Laser beam bed fusion
SEBM	Selective Electron Beam Melting
PETG	PolyEthylene Terephthalate Glycol
CFPETG	Carbon Fibers PETG reinforced
KFPETG	Kevlar Fibers (Aramid Fibers) PETG reinforced
MJF	Multi Jet Fusion
HEA	High Entropy Alloy
C-HEA	Carbon-High Entropy Alloy
LENSTM	Laser Engineered Net Shaping
L-PBF	Laser Powder Bed Fusion
LDW	Laser Deposition Welding
CLAM	China Low Activation Martensitic steel
SHT	Standard Heat Treatment
DMLS	Direct Metal Laser Sintering
PPS	PolyPhenylene Sulfide
PA 6	Polyamide 6 (Nylon 6)
PEEK151	Poly Ether Ketone
PAEK	Poly Acryl Ether Ketone
LAT	Low Annealing Temperature
HAT	High Annealing Temperature
WAAM	Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing
CASE®	Chemical Assisted Surface Enhancement
SP	Shot Peening
LP	Laser Peening
HTSN	High Temperature Solution Nitriding
PEP	Plasma Electrolytic Polishing
EP	Electrochemical Polishing
BJP	Binder Jet Printed
DLC	Diamond-Like Carbon
DA	Direct Aging
SR	Stress Relief
CCNFs	Carbonized Cellulose Nanofibers
PEI	PolyEtherImide