Additive Manufacturing Technology and Applications

The Additive Manufacture is the group of sustainable and efficient production processes in the field of manufacturing which helps with resource-saving and environmental protection. The sustainability studies show a considerable reduction in material waste and fuel consumption as two principle benefits in AM. In fact, eco-design in AM provides this opportunity that the environmental issues fundamentally be considered in each design and fabrication stage, accordingly, various eco-design tools, e.g., life cycle analysis (LCA), can be applied for evaluating the environmental impact of products.