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Review
. 2023 Jul 17;10(7):845.
doi: 10.3390/bioengineering10070845.

Additive Manufacturing Using Agriculturally Derived Biowastes: A Systematic Literature Review

Al Mazedur Rahman  1 , Taieba Tuba Rahman  1 , Zhijian Pei  1 , Chukwuzubelu Okenwa Ufodike  2   3 , Jaesung Lee  1 , Alaa Elwany  1
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Review

Additive Manufacturing Using Agriculturally Derived Biowastes: A Systematic Literature Review

Al Mazedur Rahman et al. Bioengineering (Basel). .

Abstract

Agriculturally derived biowastes can be transformed into a diverse range of materials, including powders, fibers, and filaments, which can be used in additive manufacturing methods. This review study reports a study that analyzes the existing literature on the development of novel materials from agriculturally derived biowastes for additive manufacturing methods. A review was conducted of 57 selected publications since 2016 covering various agriculturally derived biowastes, different additive manufacturing methods, and potential large-scale applications of additive manufacturing using these materials. Wood, fish, and algal cultivation wastes were also included in the broader category of agriculturally derived biowastes. Further research and development are required to optimize the use of agriculturally derived biowastes for additive manufacturing, particularly with regard to material innovation, improving print quality and mechanical properties, as well as exploring large-scale industrial applications.

Keywords: FDM; LDM; additive manufacturing; agricultural wastes; binder jetting; biomass; biowastes; selective laser sintering; stereolithography.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interest or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this study.

Figures

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Figure 1
Illustrations of (A) fused deposition modeling, (B) selective laser sintering, (C) stereolithography, and (D) binder jetting (redrawn from [23,24]).
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Figure 2
Flow chart of the systematic review.
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Figure 3
Initial analysis results: (a) number of papers in each year, (b) percentage of selected papers in each research area.
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Figure 4
Analysis results showing percentage of selected papers based on (a) types of the agriculturally derived biowastes and (b) sources of agriculturally derived biowastes.
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Figure 5
Analysis results showing percentage of selected papers based on (a) different AM methods and (b) standard or custom 3D printers.
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Figure 6
Analysis results showing percentages of selected papers based on (a) different types of extrusion-based AM methods and (b) standard or custom 3D printers for LDM.
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Figure 7
Analysis results showing the percentages of reported papers: (a) whether the materials are already used or not, and (b) application sectors of biowaste-incorporated materials.
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Figure 8
Analysis results showing the percentages of reported papers: whether mechanical characterizations were conducted or not.
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