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Additive manufacturing (AM) has a predominant role in enabling industries to move toward fourth-generation requirements. In order to enable AM process to be sustainable, environmental impacts need to be quantified. In this context, this article presents life-cycle assessment (LCA) of an industrial product. LCA facilitates the assessment of environmental impact across the life cycle phases. Eco-indicator 99 method is used for LCA. The impacts are determined in three categories. The practical implications are also being highlighted.
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Agrawal, R., Vinodh, S. (2020). Life Cycle Assessment of an Additive Manufactured Automotive Component. In: Shunmugam, M., Kanthababu, M. (eds) Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Joining. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9433-2_19
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