Under the umbrella of Rapid-X (Udroiu & Ivan, 2008) there are some specific terms such as: Rapid Product Development (RPD), Rapid Technology, Rapid Nanotechnology, Rapid Prototyping (RP), Rapid Tooling (RT) and Rapid Manufacturing (RM). Additive manufacturing (AM) is an important component of the rapid product development process. Additive manufacturing technologies (AMT) represents a group of technologies used for building physical models, prototypes, tooling components and finished parts, all from three dimensional (3D) computer aided design (CAD) data or data from 3D scanning system
