Chen Hao, Pilla Srikanth, Li Gang, Ijeoma Muzan Williams, Carbajales-Dale Michael
Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.
Sci Data. 2024 Dec 18;11(1):1362. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-04240-w.
In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM), especially large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM), has gained momentum in the manufacturing industry. While LFAM offers benefits over conventional manufacturing processes, such as minimizing material waste and providing vast geometric freedom, assessing its sustainability remains challenging due to limited data, particularly on energy consumption. Most existing data pertain to small-scale or desktop AM and are not directly applicable to LFAM. In this study, we conducted real-time measurements of electricity usage for a type of LFAM known as big area additive manufacturing (BAAM), which typically uses fiber-reinforced polymer pellets as feedstock. We collected electricity usage data from fifteen printing jobs over two months in an industrial production setting. These data fill the existing gap and can be reused to enhance the community's understanding of LFAM electricity usage, support further research, and promote sustainable development in advanced manufacturing technologies.
近年来，增材制造（AM），尤其是大幅面增材制造（LFAM），在制造业中发展迅猛。虽然LFAM相较于传统制造工艺具有诸多优势，比如将材料浪费降至最低并提供极大的几何自由度，但由于数据有限，尤其是关于能源消耗的数据，评估其可持续性仍具有挑战性。现有的大多数数据都与小规模或桌面型增材制造相关，并不直接适用于LFAM。在本研究中，我们对一种名为大面积增材制造（BAAM）的LFAM类型进行了电力使用的实时测量，该工艺通常使用纤维增强聚合物颗粒作为原料。我们在工业生产环境中，历时两个月从15个打印作业中收集了电力使用数据。这些数据填补了现有空白，可用于增进业界对LFAM电力使用情况的了解、支持进一步研究，并推动先进制造技术的可持续发展。
