Toward automated life cycle assessment for additive manufacturing: A systematic review of influential parameters and framework design

AZ Naser, F Defersha, E Pei, YF Zhao… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM), a disruptive technology of building parts layer-by-layer directly
from 3D models, has been considered a tempting cleaner production process compared to …

Environmental dimensions of additive manufacturing: mapping application domains and their environmental implications

K Kellens, M Baumers, TG Gutowski… - Journal of Industrial …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Additive manufacturing (AM) proposes a novel paradigm for engineering design and
manufacturing, which has profound economic, environmental, and security implications. The …

Environmental impact of additive manufacturing processes: does AM contribute to a more sustainable way of part manufacturing?

K Kellens, R Mertens, D Paraskevas, W Dewulf… - Procedia Cirp, 2017 - Elsevier
While additive manufacturing applications are progressing from rapid prototyping to the
production of end-use products, the environmental impacts caused by these manufacturing …

Additive manufacturing, cloud-based 3D printing and associated services—overview

FW Baumann, D Roller - Journal of Manufacturing and Materials …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cloud Manufacturing (CM) is the concept of using manufacturing resources in a service-
oriented way over the Internet. Recent developments in Additive Manufacturing (AM) are …

Additive manufacturing of recycled plastics: Strategies towards a more sustainable future

H Wu, H Mehrabi, P Karagiannidis, N Naveed - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Materials recycling and additive manufacturing (AM) present challenges and great
opportunities in plastic industries. The rapid developments in AM are transforming the …

Surface characteristics of machined polystyrene with 3D printed thermoplastic tool

K Sandhu, G Singh, S Singh, R Kumar, C Prakash… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
An effort is made in this work to appraise the surface characteristics of machined
expandable polystyrene (EPS) with a novel 3D printed thermoplastic acrylonitrile-butadiene …

On the correlation between process parameters and specific energy consumption in fused deposition modelling

V Lunetto, PC Priarone, M Galati, P Minetola - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques enable the layer-wise fabrication of complex
shapes without the need for specific production tools, reducing the economic lot size to the …

Analysis of factors influencing energy consumption of material extrusion-based additive manufacturing using interpretive structural modelling

P Ramesh, S Vinodh - Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Material extrusion (MEX) is a class of additive manufacturing (AM) process based
on MEX principle. In the viewpoint of Industry 4.0 and sustainable manufacturing, AM …

A framework for the sustainability implications of 3D bioprinting through nature-inspired materials and structures

R Whenish, S Ramakrishna, AK Jaiswal… - Bio-Design and …, 2022 - Springer
A framework for the sustainability implications of 3D bioprinting through nature-inspired
materials and structures | Bio-Design and Manufacturing Skip to main content SpringerLink …

Automating life cycle assessment for additive manufacturing with machine learning: Framework design, dataset buildup, and a case study

AZ Naser, F Defersha, X Xu, S Yang - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been regarded as a technology with disruptive potential,
offering the possibility of substantial reductions in the environmental footprint. The …