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5. Conclusions The production of spare parts for repairs and maintenance of machinery and equipment is one of the useful applications of additive manufacturing technologies. Often, such a solution is faster than using traditional production technologies. Sometimes, the AM solution can be cheaper. The result can be refined even without drawings, based on a scan of the original component. Additive technologies are also used in the production of completely new products or radical innovations of existing products. Additive technologies will continue to develop. AM technologies themselves, their reliability and repeatability will be improved. New materials will be available for AM applications. With new practical applications, the thinking of designers, constructors, technologists and test engineers will also change so that they use the advantages of AM technologies as much as possible and, on the contrary, eliminate possible shortcomings. Acknowledgements Examples of printed spare parts and completely newly developed components were created as part of various projects supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, in many cases in close cooperation with industrial enterprises. References

Internal R&D reports and technical protocols of Regional Technological Institute. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic, 2005-2023.