Comparing environmental impacts of additive manufacturing vs traditional machining via life-cycle assessment

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-33

  Faludi, Jeremy ^a   Bayley, Cindy ^a   Bhogal, Suraj ^a   Iribarne, Myles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Additive manufacturing; Environmental impact; LCA; Machining; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ABS RESINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CUTTING FLUIDS; DESIGN; ENGINEERS; EUTROPHICATION; FINISHING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LASER HEATING; LIFE CYCLE; MACHINING; MANUFACTURE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MILLING (MACHINING); NUMERICAL METHODS; SINTERING; STYRENE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

3-D PRINTING; ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84921369028     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/RPJ-07-2013-0067     Document Type: Article

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