This book highlights the sustainability aspects of additive manufacturing (AM) in two separate volumes. It describes the details of this technology and its implications on the entire product life cycle sustainability, as well as embedded carbon and the further research needed to move this technology towards sustainable, mainstream production. Sustainability is not new for any area of industry, including additive manufacturing, and there are currently a number of ongoing research projects, both in industry and in academic institutions, that are investigating sustainability, embedded carbon and research activities which would need to be done in the future to move this technology towards sustainable mainstream production.

First book to address sustainability in additive manufacturing (AM) Offers a comprehensive overview, from the history, spread and characteristics to the enhancement of sustainability in additive manufacturing (AM) Written by leading experts in the field from industry and academia Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as Environmental Services Manager-Asia, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled, Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 6 books of chapter and over 25 scientific books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines.
Dr. Monica M. Savalani is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She was previously employed by the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a Research Fellow working in the field of Advanced Additive Manufacturing. Her areas of research specialty include Advanced Additive Manufacturing on metals, polymers and composites and the development of novel technologies. She has more than 30 articles published in international journals.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Invasion of Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing.- Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing.- Sustainable product design in Additive Manufacturing.- Sustainability characteristics for Additive Manufacturing.- Sustainable enhancement of Additive Manufacturing.- Can Additive Manufacturing be a medium for sustainable future?.