TY - GEN
T1 - Simulation in Additive Manufacturing and Its Implications for Sustainable Manufacturing in the Era of Industry 4.0
AU - Charles, Amal
AU - Bayat, Mohamad
AU - Elkaseer, Ahmed
AU - Scholz, Steffen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, also known as 3D Printing technologies are one of the main driving technologies of the fourth industrial revolution. The main benefits they offer to academic as well as industrial adopters include, increased design complexity freedom, decreased lead times and enhanced functionalities. Additionally, due to AM processes not needing any tooling or material removal, they are also considered to be material and resource efficient. However, there exists a gap in process knowledge and know-how when compared to traditional manufacturing or machining processes which hinders the full deployment of AM technologies. There is especially a gap on understanding the impact of AM on sustainable manufacturing. This paper makes a case as to why further research and development using simulation technologies could enable the filling of this gap. This manuscript presents the benefits that can be gained using simulation of AM processes and the pathways that current research efforts are taking in this regard.
AB - Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, also known as 3D Printing technologies are one of the main driving technologies of the fourth industrial revolution. The main benefits they offer to academic as well as industrial adopters include, increased design complexity freedom, decreased lead times and enhanced functionalities. Additionally, due to AM processes not needing any tooling or material removal, they are also considered to be material and resource efficient. However, there exists a gap in process knowledge and know-how when compared to traditional manufacturing or machining processes which hinders the full deployment of AM technologies. There is especially a gap on understanding the impact of AM on sustainable manufacturing. This paper makes a case as to why further research and development using simulation technologies could enable the filling of this gap. This manuscript presents the benefits that can be gained using simulation of AM processes and the pathways that current research efforts are taking in this regard.
KW - Additive manufacturing
KW - Simulation
KW - Sustainable manufacturing
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-9205-6_36
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-9205-6_36
M3 - Article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:85147844986
SN - 978-981-19-9204-9
T3 - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
SP - 370
EP - 377
BT - Sustainable Design and Manufacturing.
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore
T2 - 9th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing
Y2 - 16 September 2022 through 17 September 2022
ER -
