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T1 Comparative Life Cycle Assessment and Cost Analysis of the Production of Ti6Al4V-TiC Metal–Matrix Composite Powder by High-Energy Ball Milling and Ti6Al4V Powder by Gas Atomization
A1 Santiago Herrera, Mario
A1 Ibáñez Porras, Jesús
A1 De Pamphilis, Marco
A1 Alegre Calderón, Jesús Manuel
A1 Tamayo Ramos, Juan Antonio
A1 Martel Martín, Sonia
A1 Barros García, Rocío
K1 Life cycle assessment
K1 Metal–matrix composite
K1 Additive manufacturing
K1 Titanium
K1 Gas atomization
K1 High energy ball milling
K1 Materiales
K1 Materials
AB Environmental awareness and the necessary reduction in costs in industrial processes has facilitated the development of novel techniques such as Additive Manufacturing, decreasing the amount of raw materials and energy needed. The longing for improved materials with different and enhanced properties has resulted in research efforts in the Metal Matrix Composites field. These two novelties combined minimise environmental impacts and costs without compromising technical properties. Two technologies can feed Additive Manufacturing techniques with metallic powder: Gas Atomization and High Energy Ball Milling. This study provides a comparative Life Cycle Assessment of these technologies to produce one kilogram of metallic powder for the Directed Energy Deposition technique: a Ti6Al4V alloy, and a Ti6Al4V-TiC Metal–Matrix Composite, respectively. The LCA methodology is according to ISO 14040:2006, and large amounts of information on the use of raw materials, energy consumption, and environmental impacts is provided. Different impact categories following the Environmental Footprint methodology were analysed, showing a big difference between both technologies, with an 87.8% reduction of kg CO2 eq. emitted by High Energy Ball Milling in comparison with Gas Atomization. In addition, an economic analysis was performed, addressing the viability perspective and decision making and showing a 17.2% cost reduction in the conventional process.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2023
FD 2023-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7664
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7664
LA eng
NO This research was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 814552) in the context of the LightMe project. It also received funds from the Board of Education of Junta de Castilla y León and the European Social Fund (EDU/1508/2020).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 19-abr-2024