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.

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Dr. Bangarappa L.Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDr. H.K. ShivanandProfessor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India