ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

The Additive Manufacture is the group of sustainable and efficient production processes in the field of manufacturing which helps with resource-saving and environmental protection. The sustainability studies show a considerable reduction in material waste and fuel consumption as two principle benefits in AM. In fact eco-design in AM provides this opportunity that the environmental issues fundamentally be considered in each design and fabrication stage accordingly various eco-design tools e.g. life cycle analysis (LCA) can be applied for evaluating the environmental impact of products.