Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Additive Manufacturing

Ribeoiro, I. and others (2020). Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Additive Manufacturing, Sustainability, 12, 929, MDPI, 22 pages.

This paper explores the literature on AM sustainability, and the results are mapped in a framework aiming to support comprehensive assessments od the AM impacts. Three life cycle methods are proposed and two illustrative case studies are shown.