Effects of carbon fibres on the life cycle assessment of additively manufactured injection moulding inserts for rapid prototyping
Abstract
A life cycle assessment was conducted to evaluate the global warming potential and human toxicity of injection moulding processes applying newly developed tool inserts produced with vat polymerisation. The inserts were subject to increasing content of carbon fibres to improve their mechanical properties and lifetime. The additively manufactured inserts are compared to the standard materials steel, aluminium and brass. The investigated part of the production and prototyping phase considers the insert itself, the moulded part, and resulting waste material of the injection moulding process.
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Conference Paper, 2017
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Science/Technology
