Handbook of Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing Volume 1 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor), Savalani, Monica Mahesh (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
• Subjects: Environment.; Production management.; Chemical engineering.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Environmental management.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Environmental Management.; Operations Management.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
• Physical Description: V, 168 p. 65 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811005497
• ISSN: 2345-7651

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.