All Outputs (3)

Charting the environmental dimensions of additive manufacturing and 3D printing (2017)
Journal Article
Baumers, M., Duflou, J. R., Flanagan, W., Gutowski, T. G., Kellens, K., & Lifset, R. (2017). Charting the environmental dimensions of additive manufacturing and 3D printing. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 21(S1), S9-S14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12668

The scope of this Special Issue has been specified to chart out impact dimensions occurring throughout the life cycle of AM products to improve ourknowledge of the environmental impacts of AM and to enable appropriate manufacturing technology adoptio... Read More about Charting the environmental dimensions of additive manufacturing and 3D printing.

Environmental dimensions of additive manufacturing: mapping application domains and their environmental implications (2017)
Journal Article
Kellens, K., Baumers, M., Gutowski, T. G., Flanagan, W., Lifset, R., & Duflou, J. R. (2017). Environmental dimensions of additive manufacturing: mapping application domains and their environmental implications. Journal of Industrial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12629

Additive manufacturing (AM) proposes a novel paradigm for engineering design and manufacturing, which has profound economic, environmental, and security implications. The design freedom offered by this category of manufacturing processes and its abil... Read More about Environmental dimensions of additive manufacturing: mapping application domains and their environmental implications.

Informing additive manufacturing technology adoption: total cost and the impact of capacity utilisation (2017)
Journal Article
Baumers, M., Beltrametti, L., Gasparre, A., & Hague, R. (in press). Informing additive manufacturing technology adoption: total cost and the impact of capacity utilisation. International Journal of Production Research, 55(23), https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1334978

Informing Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology adoption decisions, this paper investigates the relationship between build volume capacity utilisation and efficient technology operation in an inter-process comparison of the costs of manufacturing a... Read More about Informing additive manufacturing technology adoption: total cost and the impact of capacity utilisation.