Chapter 36
Additive Manufacturing for Circular
Manufacturing: Trends
and Challenges—A Survey in Japan,
Norway, and India
Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Shingo Hirose, Kristian Martinsen,
Suryakumar Simhambhatla, Venkata Reddy,
and Sverre Guldbrandsen-Dahl
Abstract Circular manufacturing such as product remanufacturing, refurbishment,
and repair is a key element in promoting a circular economy, whereas enhancing
its resource-efficiency-increasing-effects is often dictated by the critical process of
material surface restoration. One of the key technologies that enable effective material surface and geometry restoration is additive manufacturing (AM). This study
presents, firstly, a survey of the existing industrial usage of AM in circular manufacturing, which includes applications of re-coating, cladding, and thermal spray. The
survey was mainly conducted in three countries, namely, Japan, Norway and India.
Secondly, the study presents a review of research and development of the applications of metal 3D printing—an advanced AM. Challenges hindering the promotion
of AM applications in circular manufacturing are laid on a process-to-process basis.
In general, such challenges include advancement of process automations, design for
restoration, quality enhancement of metal 3D printing-based restoration, and cost
reduction of the process applications.
Keywords Circular manufacturing · Remanufacturing · Material surface
restoration · Additive manufacturing
M. Matsumoto (B) · S. Hirose
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
e-mail: matsumoto-mi@aist.go.jp
K. Martinsen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Gjøvik, Norway
S. Simhambhatla · V. Reddy
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), Hyderabad, India
S. Guldbrandsen-Dahl
SFI Manufacturing, Gjøvik, Norway
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Additive Manufacturing for Circular
Manufacturing: Trends
and Challenges—A Survey in Japan,
Norway, and India
Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Shingo Hirose, Kristian Martinsen,
Suryakumar Simhambhatla, Venkata Reddy,
and Sverre Guldbrandsen-Dahl
Abstract Circular manufacturing such as product remanufacturing, refurbishment,
and repair is a key element in promoting a circular economy, whereas enhancing
its resource-efficiency-increasing-effects is often dictated by the critical process of
material surface restoration. One of the key technologies that enable effective material surface and geometry restoration is additive manufacturing (AM). This study
presents, firstly, a survey of the existing industrial usage of AM in circular manufacturing, which includes applications of re-coating, cladding, and thermal spray. The
survey was mainly conducted in three countries, namely, Japan, Norway and India.
Secondly, the study presents a review of research and development of the applications of metal 3D printing—an advanced AM. Challenges hindering the promotion
of AM applications in circular manufacturing are laid on a process-to-process basis.
In general, such challenges include advancement of process automations, design for
restoration, quality enhancement of metal 3D printing-based restoration, and cost
reduction of the process applications.
Keywords Circular manufacturing · Remanufacturing · Material surface
restoration · Additive manufacturing
M. Matsumoto (B) · S. Hirose
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
e-mail: matsumoto-mi@aist.go.jp
K. Martinsen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Gjøvik, Norway
S. Simhambhatla · V. Reddy
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), Hyderabad, India
S. Guldbrandsen-Dahl
SFI Manufacturing, Gjøvik, Norway
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Y. Kishita et al. (eds.), EcoDesign and Sustainability I, Sustainable Production, Life Cycle
Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6779-7_36
517