THIS INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATE CONCERNS THE FORMATION OF A PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROFILE THAT HAS HIGH SKILLS IN THE FIELD OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (AM) AND THE PROCESSING AND FUNCTIONALISATION OF RELATED PRODUCTS. IN THE CONTEXT OF THE THREE YEARS OF TRAINING, THE STUDY OF TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE ADDRESSED BY IDENTIFYING THE CRITICALITIES, PROPOSING PHYSICAL MODELS OF BEHAVIOR, CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PROCESS PARAMETERS AND DEFINING THE CORRECT PROCESSING WINDOWS. SUBSEQUENTLY, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PRODUCTS FUNCTIONAL TO THE VARIOUS APPLICATIONS IN THE MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGICAL DOMAINS (AEROSPACE, MEDICAL, AUTOMOTIVE, ETC.) WE WILL STUDY THE TECHNOLOGIES ABLE TO PERFORM THE FINISHING OF COMPONENTS PRODUCED IN AM, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON ABRASIVE FLUID BEDS (AFB).PUNTO OF STRENGTH OF THIS PROJECT PROPOSAL Ê THE ABILITY TO OFFER ANSWERS TO A CONCRETE QUESTION, CURRENTLY DRIVEN BY A TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, THAT OF AM, WHICH IS RADICALLY TRANSFORMING THE WAY OF