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1 electronic resource (85 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 75). |
| Summary |
Additive manufacturing or 3D printing, manufacturing a product layer by layer, offers large design freedom and faster product development cycles, as well as low startup cost of production, on-demand production and local production. In principle, any product could be made by additive manufacturing. Even food and living organic cells can be printed. We can create, design and manufacture what we want at the location we want. 3D printing will create a revolution in manufacturing, a real paradigm change. 3D printing holds the promise to manufacture with less waste and energy. We can print metals, ceramics, sand, synthetic materials such as plastics, food or living cells. However, the production of plastics is nowadays based on fossil fuels. And that's where we witness a paradigm change too. The production of these synthetic materials can be based also on biomaterials with biomass as feedstock. A wealth of new and innovative products are emerging when we combine these two paradigm changes: 3D printing and biomaterials. Moreover, the combination of 3D printing with biomaterials holds the promise to realize a truly sustainable and circular economy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Three-dimensional printing.
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Three-dimensional printing. |
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Manufacturing industries -- Environmental aspects.
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Manufacturing industries -- Environmental aspects. |
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Green products.
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Green products. |
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Biomass.
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Biomass. |
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Plastics.
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Plastics. |
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3-D printing. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical. |
| Added Author |
Wijk, Iris van, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 3D printing with biomaterials Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press, [2015] 1614994854 (DLC) 2015458312 |
| ISBN |
1614994854 |
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9781614994855 |
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1614994862 (ebook) |
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9781614994862 (electronic book) |
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