DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE LIGHT OF THE INDUSTRY 4.0 AND INDUSTRY 5.0 CONCEPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IOE IDEA

The main objective of the publication is to analyze the development of additive manufacturing systems based on the concepts of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, with particular emphasis on the Internet of Everything ideology. In connection with that, the authors have resolved to review the existing devices, and also IT tools, which are applied in manufacturing processses based upon additive technologies. In order to facilitate the analysis in question, three variants were developed; the first, presenting 3D printing as a self-contained manufacturing work station not involving other technologies within the Industry 4.0 conception, the second, indirectly involving 3D printing in the Industry 4.0 conception, and also the third, in which 3D printing constitutes a major and indispensable element of this conception. The contemporary literature of the subject includes dissertations claiming that the fifth industrial revolution may be coming. Taking that into account, this dissertation attempts as well to discuss the evolution of 3D printing in the context of the 5.0 Industry conception, based upon the Internet of Everything, and also Virtual Reality. This part of the article is a forecast of the things to come.