Abstract
Multiple international organizations and many governments around the world have declared climate emergency. There is a pressing need to minimize the environmental impacts of human activities including manufacturing processes. Machining by mechanical cutting is a fundamental manufacturing process and minimizing and eliminating its environmental impacts is vital. In this keynote paper, sustainability in the context of machining is identified. The resources used in machining have been categorized and the social and environmental impacts and potential methods to reduce them have been identified. The findings are critically discussed and the gaps and challenges for future research direction are highlighted.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 483-508 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 22 Jul 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Dec 2024 |
Funding
We gratefully thank the contribution and support from Mr Jannis Saelzer, Mr Gabriel Brock, Mr Pascal Volke, Mr I\u00F1igo Rodriguez, Mr Ishrat Fairoz, Dr Busra Karas and Dr Hakan Dogan. The support from S Melkote (1), V Schulze (1), S Kara (1), B. Denkena (1), P C Priarone (2), T Bergs (2), H C Mohring (2), D Boing, and N He are greatly acknowledged. We are grateful to Dr.-Ing. W Heuer from Schaeffler Group and Dr.-Ing. M Lange from Premium Aerotec for providing case studies.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Schaeffler Gruppe |
Keywords
- Sustainable machining
- sustainable manufacturing
- carbon accounting
- Sustainability
- Waste reduction
- Cutting
- Cutting tools
- Cobalt
- tungsten carbide
- Energy
- Cutting fluids
- Lubricants
- Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
- sustainable production
