A systematic literature review and bibliometrics using visualization of similarities for patternless sand mold and core production
Abstract
Purpose
Integrating additive manufacturing (AM) tools in traditional mold-making provides complex yet affordable sand molds and cores. AM processes such as selective laser sintering (SLS) and Binder jetting three-dimensional printing (BJ3DP) are widely used for patternless sand mold and core production. This study aims to perform an in-depth literature review to understand the current status, determine research gaps and propose future research directions. In addition, obtain valuable insights into authors, organizations, countries, keywords, documents, sources and cited references, sources and authors.
Design/methodology/approach
This study followed the systematic literature review (SLR) to gather relevant rapid sand casting (RSC) documents via Scopus, Web of Science and EBSCO databases. Furthermore, bibliometrics was performed via the Visualization of Similarities (VOSviewer) software.
Findings
An evaluation of 116 documents focused primarily on commercial AM setups and process optimization of the SLS. Process optimization studies the effects of AM processes, their input parameters, scanning approaches, sand types and the integration of computer-aided design in AM on the properties of sample. The authors performed detailed bibliometrics of 80 out of 120 documents via VOSviewer software.
Research limitations/implications
This review focuses primarily on the SLS AM process.
Originality/value
A SLR and bibliometrics using VOSviewer software for patternless sand mold and core production via the AM process.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge that the AI tool ChatGPT has been used to summarize a few paragraphs of this manuscript to reduce the word count.
Citation
Patil, Y., Akarte, M., Karunakaran, K.P., Patel, A.K., Mittal, Y.G., Gote, G.D., Mehta, A.K., Ely, R. and Shinde, J. (2024), "A systematic literature review and bibliometrics using visualization of similarities for patternless sand mold and core production", Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-12-2023-0434
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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