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A dynamic energy comparison of additive and traditional manufacturing in sustainable customized product design for fashion through an interactive 3D web-platform. Projects: Ecosister, Spoke3: Work Package WP1, and WP3.

Authors

Sergio Petronilli, Alessio Ubertini, Carlo Foschi Year 2026

Pubblication type

Paper International Journal with referee

Abstract

The fashion accessories sector is increasingly characterized by mass customization, short production cycles, and growing attention toward sustainability-oriented manufacturing strategies. In this context, additive manufacturing technologies provide new opportunities for producing customized products without dedicated tooling, although their manufacturing-stage energy performance strongly depends on geometry complexity, process characteristics, and production scale. Existing manufacturing evaluation approaches are often disconnected from interactive design environments and are typically performed only after product geometry has already been finalized. This paper presents a real-time manufacturing-stage energy comparison framework integrated into a parametric 3D web platform for customized fashion accessories. The system combines Grasshopper-Rhinoceros parametric modelling with a web-based customization environment supported by Rhino.Compute architecture. The framework enables users to interactively modify product geometry while simultaneously estimating manufacturing-stage energy demand associated with different additive and conventional manufacturing technologies. The methodology focuses on comparative early-stage manufacturing-energy estimation intended to support geometry-aware manufacturing decision-making during product customization. The framework was validated through two relevant case studies from the fashion accessories sector: a customized necklace display and a jewellery closure system. The analysed manufacturing technologies included CNC machining, thermoforming, Fused Deposition Modelling, Multi Jet Fusion, investment casting, and Direct Metal Laser Sintering. The proposed framework contributes toward more energy-aware digital manufacturing workflows by integrating parametric design, web-based customization, and real-time manufacturing comparison. The results demonstrate that manufacturing-stage energy demand strongly depends on geometry configuration and production volume. Additive manufacturing technologies showed advantages for low volume customized production, while conventional manufacturing became progressively more competitive as production scale increased. Projects: Ecosister, Spoke3: Work Package WP1, and WP3.

Reference

Sergio Petronilli, Alessio Ubertini, Carlo Foschi

WEB Reference

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050998X26000053

Repository reference

DI134-012

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/tecnopolo/download/bibliografia/A dynamic energy comparison of additive and traditional manufacturing in.pdf

Research unit

PROTO-LAB

Keywords

Sustainable manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, Energy efficiency, Cleaner production, Parametric design, Decision-support systems

LastUpdate

25/07/2026