Additive manufacturing and sustainability: an exploratory study of the advantages and challenges
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Abstract
The emergence of advanced manufacturing technologies, coupled with consumer demands for more customised products and services, are causing shifts in the scale and distribution of manufacturing. In this paper, consideration is given to the role of one such advanced manufacturing process technology: additive manufacturing. The consequences of adopting this novel production technology on industrial sustainability are not well understood and this exploratory study draws on publically available data to provide insights into the impacts of additive manufacturing on sustainability. Benefits are found to exist across the product and material life cycles through product and process redesign, improvements to material…
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- Sustainability
- Product (mathematics)
- Advanced manufacturing
- Manufacturing engineering
- Process (computing)
- Production (economics)
- Manufacturing
- Business
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Responsible consumption and production
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