Quantitative Sustainability Assessment of Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Systematic Review

Valentina Pusateri; Michael Zwicky Hauschild; Sami Kara; Constantinos Goulas; Stig Irving Olsen

doi:10.1016/j.cirpj.2023.12.005

Quantitative Sustainability Assessment of Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Systematic Review

Valentina Pusateri^*
, Michael Zwicky Hauschild
, Sami Kara
, Constantinos Goulas
, Stig Irving Olsen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of New South Wales
University of Twente

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Abstract

This paper presents a systematic critical review of quantitative sustainability assessment studies on metal additive manufacturing (MAM) with a life cycle perspective. Potential benefits and present challenges of MAM are also discussed. MAM showed the potential to reduce overall environmental impacts and be more cost-effective for parts with complex designs, high value and low production volumes, particularly for automotive and aerospace components. However, currently, conventional manufacturing appears to have a better sustainability performance than MAM for simple parts in industrial applications. Overall, MAM technology is still in development, even if there have been optimizations and method consolidations.

Original language	English
Journal	CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology
Volume	49
Pages (from-to)	95-110
Number of pages	16
ISSN	1755-5817
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirpj.2023.12.005
Publication status	Published - 2024

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

3D-printing
Life cycle assessment
Sustainable development goals
Metals
Rapid prototyping

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