Sustainability is no longer a ‘trending topic’, it is an urgent goal that industries the world over must commit to. Within the manufacturing sphere, additive manufacturing already has something of a leg up since many aspects of the technology promote sustainability goals. For example, more lightweight and efficient part design can be realized thanks to the technology’s design freedom, and there is great potential for on-demand and localized production. But there is also more to the story.
In this eBook, we take a closer look at the sustainability that AM is enabling—largely through applications in various sectors and material innovation. But we also want to address where the industry must improve, such as making AM processes themselves more energy efficient and implementing more circular economies for materials. The publication begins with an analysis of the ways that sustainability is being pursued with AM in various sectors, including aerospace, energy and consumer goods. We also have exclusive interviews with Materialise, Carbon, Texas A&M and Automobili Estrema, as well as a dive into AM’s burgeoning role in nuclear fusion research and a report on sustainable plastics.
3dpbm’s eBook can be viewed by scrolling through the document above or downloaded for viewing on your favorite mobile device. In our effort to maintain an open discourse and open access to AM news, the publication is free to access. We at 3dpbm have been ardently following the progress of AM Sustainability for years, and we are pleased to put the industry in the spotlight in a new, reader-friendly way!
You can find some of our recent eBook editions below:
- Aerospace AM Focus 2022 eBook
- Production and LFAM AM Focus 2022 eBook
- Advanced Polymers AM Focus 2022 eBook
- Consumer AM Focus 2022 eBook
- Bioprinting AM Focus 2022 eBook
All editions can be found here.
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