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ATKINS: Manufacturing a Low Carbon Footprint Zero Emission Enterprise Feasibility Study Project No: N0012J October 2007 The ATKINS partnership: Filename: ZEEFSReportN0012J Project: ATKINS: Manufacturing a Low Carbon Footprint Lead Partner: Loughborough University Executive Summary This ATKINS Feasibility Study report has shown the significant potential of using metallic Rapid Manufacturing (RM) as a method for “Moving towards a Zero Emission Enterprise”. ATKINS is a holistic project, concerning the design manufacture and distribution of components utilising RM as an enabling production technology. Using background and case study research the study has investigated the use of additive manufacturing techniques (polymeric and metallic) as a method for enabling optimal design, manufacture and distribution options for manufacturing companies. The ATKINS Feasibility Study has shown the promise of using optimal design tools to enhance component parts and the products that they constitute. An example metallic component was investigated using design optimisation methods (such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA)), resulting in a component design that could not be manufactured by traditional subtractive or forming techniques. The “optimal” design showed a weight and material saving of almost 40% over the original component, which also translates to BREW savings during the manufacture, the use-phase of the product lifecycle and the distribution of the components. For typical manufacturing volumes of 100,000 p.a. the ATKINS study has shown for the metallic component, possible BREW savings of 503 tCO2e, 23 tonnes of water, displaces 157 tonnes of virgin mater