What defining action makes a process additive manufacturing?

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  1. Adding material layer by layer
  2. Removing chips with a cutter
  3. Hammering only solid billets

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  1. NIST: What Is Additive Manufacturing? www.nist.gov/additive-manufacturing/what-additive-manufacturing Checked 2026-10-10.

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