Material Flow Analysis and Occupational Exposure Assessment in Additive Manufacturing End-of-Life Material Management.

ABSTRACT: Additive manufacturing (AM) offers a variety of material manufacturing techniques for a wide range of applications across many industries. Most efforts at process optimization and exposure assessment for AM are centered around the manufacturing process. However, identifying the material allocation and potentially harmful exposures in end-of-life (EoL) management is equally crucial to mitigating environmental releases and occupational health impacts within the AM supply chain. This research tracks the allocation and potential releases of AM EoL materials within the US through a material flow analysis. Of the generated AM EoL materials, 58% are incinerated, 33% are landfilled, and 9% are recycled by weight. The generated data set was then used to examine the theoretical occupational hazards

SUBMITTER: Chea JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11462493 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature