| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Energy Technologies and CO2 Management
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| Presentation Title |
Lifecycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Swarf Recycling Routes for Additive Manufacturing Applications |
| Author(s) |
Emanuele Pagone, Konstantinos Salonitis, Mark Jolly, Stewart Willams |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Emanuele Pagone |
| Abstract Scope |
The production of high-value alloys (e.g. Titanium-based) require a significant consumption of resources. Such environmental burden reflects in the lifecycle impact of their products. Additive manufacturing processes are inherently more resource-efficient and can, therefore, reduce the mentioned environmental burden. High-value alloy swarf (the waste product of machining) could be an attractive resource to significantly reduce the impact of relevant products, especially if recycled in additive manufacturing processes. However, not much work is available in the literature to investigate the suitability of swarf and relevant processes necessary to see it as a resource instead of a waste. This work will provide a review of processes to evaluate and prepare swarf for additive manufacturing applications, estimating the relevant environmental impact with the aim to encapsulate this study in a future, wider product lifecycle impact analysis tool. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Sustainability, Environmental Effects, Additive Manufacturing |