Sustainable 3D printing with recycled materials: a review

Combining recycling and additive manufacturing (AM) can bring significant environmental and economic advantages. Using recycled materials can help reduce waste and the need for virgin materials, which can be resource-intensive to extract and process. Recycling is also more energy-efficient than extr...

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Published inJournal of mechanical science and technology Vol. 37; no. 11; pp. 5481 - 5507
Main Authors Lodha, Shivani, Song, Bo, Park, Sang-In, Choi, Hae-Jin, Lee, Sang Won, Park, Hyung Wook, Choi, Seung-Kyum
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Seoul Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers 01.11.2023
Springer Nature B.V
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Subjects
Control
Dynamical Systems
Engineering
Filaments
Fused deposition modeling
Industrial and Production Engineering
Invited Review Article
Laser beam melting
Laser sintering
Lithography
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Metal powders
Recycled materials
Recycling
Sintering (powder metallurgy)
Thermodynamic properties
Three dimensional printing
Vibration
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Recycled materials
Additive manufacturing
Sustainability
3D printing
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ISSN1738-494X
1976-3824
DOI10.1007/s12206-023-1001-9

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Summary:Combining recycling and additive manufacturing (AM) can bring significant environmental and economic advantages. Using recycled materials can help reduce waste and the need for virgin materials, which can be resource-intensive to extract and process. Recycling is also more energy-efficient than extracting and processing virgin materials. This paper reviews and discusses the current trends and limitations of using recycled materials for AM, an essential step toward a more sustainable manufacturing process. Specifically, this paper reviews the research on waste materials transformed into resins for stereolithography (SLA), digital light projection (DLP) printers, filaments for fused deposition modeling (FDM), as well as metal powders for selective laser melting (SLM) and selective laser sintering (SLS) printing processes. The goal is to provide an overview of the recycled materials used in AM, their recycling methods, and the mechanical and thermal properties of the resulting materials and manufactured parts. The paper also discusses potential improvements in the process and areas for future research.
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ISSN:1738-494X
1976-3824
DOI:10.1007/s12206-023-1001-9