Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1999.765837
