Frugal manufacturing in smart factories for widespread sustainable development.

ABSTRACT: Manufacturing is a crucial activity of product development that feeds into and is also influenced by the design process. Any material conservation gained during manufacturing directly affects the green credentials of a product. Manufacturing waste can be contrived to approach zero through a recently developed frugal design approach that quantifies resource conservation at all stages of development of a product engineered for frugality. Accordingly, this effort presents frugal manufacturing (FM), integral to the frugal design approach, for utmost reduction of waste while aiming for good surface integrity, better properties, minimal number of processes and low cost. Other than saving on energy and hence emissions, the new concept of FM also goes beyond current near ne

SUBMITTER: Rao BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8633781 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature