| Title |
A Systematic Literature Review on Additive Manufacturing in the Context of Circular Economy |
| ID_Doc |
3254 |
| Authors |
Ponis, S; Aretoulaki, E; Maroutas, TN; Plakas, G; Dimogiorgi, K |
| Title |
A Systematic Literature Review on Additive Manufacturing in the Context of Circular Economy |
| Year |
2021 |
| Published |
Sustainability, 13, 11 |
| DOI |
10.3390/su13116007 |
| Abstract |
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is, undoubtedly, one of the most promising and potentially disruptive technologies of the Industry 4.0 era, able to transform the traditional manufacturing paradigm and fuel the generally accepted and necessary shift towards the conceptualisation, design and adoption of sustainable and circular business models. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the structure of the scientific field residing in the intersection of AM and Circular Economy (CE), by determining the status of its current state-of-the-art, proposing an initial typology in an attempt to contribute to the existing efforts of structuring this rather novice research area and pinpointing research gaps where more focus should be put, and highlighting areas with a significant potential for added-value future research. To that end, a sample of 206 papers, published from 2014 to 2020, was retrieved from the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. After studying and critically evaluating their content in full, contributions were classified into six thematic categories, providing a first typology of the current literature, followed by a detailed section highlighting and taxonomizing existing review studies. Next, contributions of the three categories of interest are discussed followed by a critical evaluation of the study's contribution, inherent limitations and future research potential. |
| Author Keywords |
additive manufacturing; circular economy; sustainable manufacturing; Industry 4; 0; 3D printing |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000660753400001 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/11/6007/pdf?version=1622527173
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