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Digital Manufacturing Toward Sustainability

Digital Manufacturing Toward Sustainability
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Author(s): Romdhane Ben Khalifa (National Engineering School of Gabes, Tunisia)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 38
Source title: Materials, Techniques, and Ecological Impact of Sustainable Prototyping
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Romdhane Ben Khalifa (National Engineering School of Gabes, Tunisia)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-5473-6.ch003

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Abstract

This paper explores sustainable digital manufacturing as a transformative integration of Industry 4.0 technologies with environmental, social, and economic goals to minimize resource use, waste, and emissions across product lifecycles. It critiques traditional manufacturing's environmental degradation—exacerbated by the Industrial Revolution—and positions digital tools like AI, IoT, cloud computing, and data analytics as solutions for optimizing operations, decentralizing supply chains, and enabling circular economy models such as reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling. Key sections cover sustainable paradigms (closed-loop systems, eco-design), digital enablers (additive manufacturing/3D printing for waste reduction, advanced robotics/automation for precision, digital twins/simulation for predictive optimization), and emerging technologies like blockchain for supply chain traceability and transparency.

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