Sustainable Approaches for the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials
Additive manufacturing technologies collectively refer to a set of layer-wise deposition methods that typically rely on CAD-CAM approaches for obtaining products with a complex shape/geometry and high precision and reliability. If the additive manufacturing of polymers is relatively easy and scalabl...
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| description | Additive manufacturing technologies collectively refer to a set of layer-wise deposition methods that typically rely on CAD-CAM approaches for obtaining products with a complex shape/geometry and high precision and reliability. If the additive manufacturing of polymers is relatively easy and scalable due to the low temperatures needed to obtain processable inks, using similar technologies to fabricate ceramic products is indeed more challenging and expensive but, on the other hand, allows for obtaining high-quality results that would not be achievable through conventional methods. Furthermore, the implementation of additive manufacturing allows for the addressing of some important concerns related to the environment and sustainability, including the minimization of resource depletion and waste production/disposal. Specifically, additive manufacturing technologies can provide improvements in energy consumption and production costs, besides obtaining less waste material and less CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, which are all key points in the context of the circular economy. After providing an overview of the additive manufacturing methods which are specifically applied to ceramics, this review presents the sustainability elements of these processing strategies, with a focus on both current and future benefits. The paucity of specific available studies in the literature—which are included and discussed in this review—suggests that the research on additive manufacturing sustainability in the field of ceramic materials is in the preliminary stage and that more relevant work still deserves to be carried out in the future to explore this fascinating field at the boundary among ceramics science/technology, production engineering and waste management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9be4f74249ef456792cbeb492d6e2d572024-03-27T13:30:48ZengMDPI AGCeramics2571-61312024-02-017129130910.3390/ceramics7010019Sustainable Approaches for the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic MaterialsAlice Villa0Pardeep Kumar Gianchandani1Francesco Baino2Institute of Materials Physics and Engineering, Applied Science and Technology Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyInstitute of Materials Physics and Engineering, Applied Science and Technology Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyInstitute of Materials Physics and Engineering, Applied Science and Technology Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyAdditive manufacturing technologies collectively refer to a set of layer-wise deposition methods that typically rely on CAD-CAM approaches for obtaining products with a complex shape/geometry and high precision and reliability. If the additive manufacturing of polymers is relatively easy and scalable due to the low temperatures needed to obtain processable inks, using similar technologies to fabricate ceramic products is indeed more challenging and expensive but, on the other hand, allows for obtaining high-quality results that would not be achievable through conventional methods. Furthermore, the implementation of additive manufacturing allows for the addressing of some important concerns related to the environment and sustainability, including the minimization of resource depletion and waste production/disposal. Specifically, additive manufacturing technologies can provide improvements in energy consumption and production costs, besides obtaining less waste material and less CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, which are all key points in the context of the circular economy. After providing an overview of the additive manufacturing methods which are specifically applied to ceramics, this review presents the sustainability elements of these processing strategies, with a focus on both current and future benefits. The paucity of specific available studies in the literature—which are included and discussed in this review—suggests that the research on additive manufacturing sustainability in the field of ceramic materials is in the preliminary stage and that more relevant work still deserves to be carried out in the future to explore this fascinating field at the boundary among ceramics science/technology, production engineering and waste management.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6131/7/1/19ceramics3D printingwastecircular economysustainability |
| spellingShingle | Alice Villa Pardeep Kumar Gianchandani Francesco Baino Sustainable Approaches for the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials Ceramics ceramics 3D printing waste circular economy sustainability |
| title | Sustainable Approaches for the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials |
| title_full | Sustainable Approaches for the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Approaches for the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Approaches for the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials |
| title_short | Sustainable Approaches for the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Materials |
| title_sort | sustainable approaches for the additive manufacturing of ceramic materials |
| topic | ceramics 3D printing waste circular economy sustainability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6131/7/1/19 |
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