Novel materials can radically improve whole-system environmental impacts of additive manufacturing

Faludi, Jeremy; Sice, Corrie M. Van; Shi, Yijun; Bower, Justin; Brooks, Owen

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.017

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“…The mentioned studies, being the most representative found to date, demonstrate that there is a great lack of information on several life cycle steps. Even though some studies focus on environmental impact assessment, only few studies consider cradle-to-grave scenarios [40,46,47,66,67,69]. More so, most environmental studies on AM technologies are still based on approximation, estimation and simplifications.…”

Section: Life Cyclementioning

confidence: 99%

Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Additive Manufacturing

Ribeiro

Matos

Jacinto³

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Additive manufacturing (AM) is a group of technologies that create objects by adding material layer upon layer, in precise geometric shapes. They are amongst the most disruptive technologies nowadays, potentially changing value chains from the design process to the end-of-life, providing significant advantages over traditional manufacturing processes in terms of flexibility in design and production and waste minimization. Nevertheless, sustainability assessment should also be included in the research agenda as these technologies affect the People, the Planet and the Profit: the three-bottom line (3BL) assessment framework. Moreover, AM sustainability depends on each product and context that strengthens the need for its assessment through the 3BL framework. This paper explores the literature on AM sustainability, and the results are mapped in a framework aiming to support comprehensive assessments of the AM impacts in the 3BL dimensions by companies and researchers. To sustain the coherence of boundaries, three life cycle methods are proposed, each one for a specific dimension of the 3BL analysis, and two illustrative case studies are shown to exemplify the model.

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Section: Life Cyclementioning

confidence: 99%

Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Additive Manufacturing

Ribeiro

Matos

Jacinto³

et al. 2020

Sustainability

110

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“…In order to address these challenges, there are many researchers in materials science who are constantly looking for new raw materials, including pulp or wood pulp from industrial waste, for example for use in architecture or industrial design, or filaments from seaweed [124][125][126].…”

Section: Environmental Impacts Of Additive Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact Assessment of Additive Manufacturing on Sustainable Business Models in Industry 4.0 Context

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Additive manufacturing has the potential to make a longstanding impact on the manufacturing world and is a core element of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Additive manufacturing signifies a new disruptive path on how we will produce parts and products. Several studies suggest this technology could foster sustainability into manufacturing systems based on its potential of optimizing material consumption, creating new shapes, customizing designs and shortening production times that, all combined, will greatly transform some of the existing business models. Although it requires reaching a certain level of design maturity to completely insert this technology in an industrial setting, additive manufacturing has the potential to favorably impact the manufacturing sector by reducing costs in production, logistics, inventories, and in the development and industrialization of a new product. The transformation of the industry and the acceleration of the adopting rate of new technologies is driving organizational strategy. Thus, through the lenses of Industry 4.0 and its technological concepts, this paper aims to contribute to the knowledge about the impacts of additive manufacturing technology on sustainable business models. This aim is accomplished through a proposed framework, as well as the models and scales that can be used to determine these impacts. The effects are assessed by taking into account the social, environmental and economic impacts of additive manufacturing on business models and for all these three dimensions a balanced scorecard structure is proposed.

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“…At this stage, the 51 studies analyzed were produced by the authors (Abdulhameed et al, 2019;Afshari et al, 2019;Agrawal & Vinodh, 2019;Ahmad & Enemuoh, 2020;Arrizubieta et al, 2020;Attaran, 2017;Böckin & Tillman, 2019;Campitelli et al, 2019;Caviggioli & Ughetto, 2019;Cerdas et al, 2017;Chen et al, 2015;Barros & Zwolinski, 2016;Esmaeilian et al, 2016;Faludi et al, 2019;Ford & Despeisse, 2016;Fruggiero et al, 2019;Garg & Lam, 2015;Ingarao et al, 2018;Kek et al, 2016;Kellens et al, 2017a, b;Kohtala, 2015;Kothman & Faber, 2016;Kunovjanek & Reiner, 2020;Li et al, 2017;Liu & De Giovanni, 2019;Ma et al, 2018;Maciel et al, 2019;Mele et al, 2020;Minetola & Eyers, 2018;Mrazović et al, 2018;Nagarajan & Haapala, 2018;Niaki et al, 2019;Nyamekye et al, 2015;Nyman & Sarlin, 2014;Paris et al, 2016;Peng et al, 2018;Peng & Sun, 2017;Pour et al, 2016;Priarone & Ingarao, 2017;Priarone et al, 2018;Saade et al, 2020;…”

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Systematic analysis of comparative studies between additive and conventional manufacturing focusing on the environmental performance of logistics operations

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Based on the promise to revolutionize the entire supply chain, additive manufacturing is seen as an alternative to conventional manufacturing processes, since it simplifies the production of small batches, shortens the distances between production and consumption and generates new distribution models. Due to its huge potential to spread more sustainable environmental practices, investigations on the environmental assumptions, concerning the application of additive manufacturing technologies, are required. Therefore, based on a systematic literature review, this study aimed to analyze the studies that addressed the environmental performance of logistics operations in a comparison among conventional and additive manufacturing, using the Life Cycle Assessment technic (LCA). Although there are few available studies that quantitatively analyze and compare the environmental performance of the additive manufacturing process with traditional process from a transport perspective, it has been concluded that reducing the distances and the quantity of transported products, carbon dioxide emissions and the consumption of energy resources are reduced.

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Novel materials can radically improve whole-system environmental impacts of additive manufacturing

Cited by 56 publications

References 13 publications

Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Additive Manufacturing

Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Additive Manufacturing

Impact Assessment of Additive Manufacturing on Sustainable Business Models in Industry 4.0 Context

Systematic analysis of comparative studies between additive and conventional manufacturing focusing on the environmental performance of logistics operations

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