Environmental performance analysis of solid freedom fabrication processes

Author

Luo, Yanchun ; Ji, Zhiming ; Leu, Ming C. ; Caudill, Reggie

Author_Institution

Multi-Lifecycle Eng. Res. Center, New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a method for analyzing the environmental performance of solid freeform fabrication (SFF) processes. In this method, each process is divided into life phases. Environmental effects of every process phase are then analyzed and evaluated based on the environmental and resource management data. These effects are combined to obtain the environmental performance of the process. The analysis of the environmental performance of SFF processes considers the characteristics of SFF technology, includes material, energy consumption, processes wastes, and disposal. Case studies for three typical SFF processes: stereolithography (SL); selective laser sintering (SLS); and fused deposition modeling (FDM) are presented to illustrate this method

Keywords

environmental factors; manufacturing processes; case studies; disposal; energy consumption; environmental performance analysis; fused deposition modeling; material consumption; processes wastes; selective laser sintering; solid freeform fabrication processes; stereolithography; Energy consumption; Fabrication; Laser modes; Laser sintering; Optical materials; Performance analysis; Resource management; Solids; Stereolithography; Waste materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1999. ISEE -1999. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Danvers, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5495-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1999.765837

Filename

765837