Handbook of Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing Volume 1

This book highlights the sustainability aspects of additive manufacturing (AM) in two separate volumes. It describes the details of this technology and its implications on the entire product life cycle sustainability, as well as embedded carbon and the further research needed to move this technology...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor), Savalani, Monica Mahesh (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book highlights the sustainability aspects of additive manufacturing (AM) in two separate volumes. It describes the details of this technology and its implications on the entire product life cycle sustainability, as well as embedded carbon and the further research needed to move this technology towards sustainable, mainstream production. Sustainability is not new for any area of industry, including additive manufacturing, and there are currently a number of ongoing research projects, both in industry and in academic institutions, that are investigating sustainability, embedded carbon and research activities which would need to be done in the future to move this technology towards sustainable mainstream production
Physical Description:V, 168 p. 65 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9789811005497