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ArticleFrontiers in public health2020

Nanoparticle Exposure and Workplace Measurements During Processes Related to 3D Printing of a Metal Object.

Alexander C Ø Jensen, Henrik Harboe, Anders Brostrøm, Keld A Jensen, Ana S Fonseca

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 authors.

Alexander C Ø JensenThe National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Henrik HarboeJoblife A/S, Kolding, Denmark.
Anders BrostrømTechnical University of Denmark, DTU Nanolab - National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark.
Keld A JensenThe National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ana S FonsecaThe National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal 3D printing has many potential uses within prototyping and manufacturing. Selective laser melting (SLM) is a process that uses metal powders in the micrometer range as printing material. The particle release from the entire SLM printing process is not well-studied. While the 3D printing itself often occurs in a sealed chamber, activities related to the process can potentially release harmful metal particles to the indoor working environment through resuspension of the printing powder or via incident nanoparticles generated during printing. The objective of this study was to improve the understanding of particle exposure in work processes associated with 3D printing and potential needs for interventions by a case study conducted in a 3D printing facility. In this setting, direct release and dispersion of particles throughout the workspace from processes related to metal 3D printing was investigated. The release from five activities were studied in detail. The activities included post-printing cleaning, object annealing, and preparation of new base substrate for the next printing was. Three of the five measured activities caused particles number concentrations in the working environment to increase above background levels which were found to be 8·10

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NanoparticlesOccupational ExposureMetalsPrinting, Three-DimensionalWorkplaceMetalsadditive manufacturingaerosol exposureselective laser meltingSLMTiO2ultrafine particlesworking environment

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PMID33324605
PMCPMC7723871

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