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SUSTAINABILITY CHARACTERIZATION FOR DIE CASTING PROCESS

August 7, 2013
Author(s)
Megan F. Watkins, Mahesh Mani, Kevin W. Lyons, Satyandra K. Gupta
The manufacturing sector accounts for approximately one-third of the total energy consumption in the United States. Today, sustainable manufacturing has become an area of increasing interest, as companies look to reduce their manufacturing footprint and

CHARACTERIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF THE INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS

June 14, 2013
Author(s)
Jatinder Madan, Mahesh Mani, Kevin W. Lyons
Presently available systems for sustainability assessment do not fully account for aspects related to a product’s manufacturing. In an effort to make more sustainable decisions, today’s industry seeks reliable methods to assess and compare sustainability

Disassembly Process Information Model for Remanufacturing

April 22, 2013
Author(s)
Shaw C. Feng, Hanmin Lee, Thomas R. Kramer, Che B. Joung, Parisa Ghodous, Ram D. Sriram
The disassembly process is an essential activity performed on out-of-service products for remanufacturing. A disassembly process includes many subprocesses, such as separation, cleaning, repair, replacement, and inspection. The main purpose of performing

Toward an Integrated Decision Support Framework for Sustainability CAE

April 22, 2013
Author(s)
Lalit Patil, Lakshmi Srinivas, Krishna Murthy, Debasish Dutta, Sudarsan Rachuri
Sustainability evaluation is typically conducted after the product is completely designed. However, sustainability, like cost and weight, needs to be managed on a continuous basis, throughout the product development cycle. This requires a decision support

Simulation and Analysis for Sustainable Product Development

January 9, 2013
Author(s)
Mahesh Mani
Purpose: Simulation plays a critical role in the design of products, materials and manufacturing processes. However, there are gaps in the simulation tools used by industry to provide reliable results from which effective decisions can be made about

Modeling Gaps and Overlaps of Sustainability Standards

May 28, 2012
Author(s)
Paul W. Witherell, Sudarsan Rachuri, Anna D'Alessio
Organizational and production dispersions in manufacturing enterprises can create situations where manufacturers are asked to conform to multiple sustainability standards to participate in targeted markets. These standards may vary in scope, application

A Prototype Web-Based User Interface for Sustainability Modeling and Optimization

March 28, 2012
Author(s)
Guodong Shao, David Westbrook, Alexander Brodsky
A growing number of manufacturing industries are initiating efforts to address sustainability issues. Energy efficient manufacturing and low carbon manufacturing are gaining particular attention. Finding the optimal solution of operational strategy and

Energy Efficiency Analysis for a Casting Production System

December 14, 2011
Author(s)
Jonatan K. Berglund, John L. Michaloski, Swee K. Leong, Guodong Shao, Frank H. Riddick, Jorge Arinez, Stephan Biller
A growing number of manufacturing industries are initiating efforts to address sustainability issues. A study by the National Association of Manufacturers indicated that the manufacturing sector currently accounts for over a third of all energy consumed in

Trust Based Multi-Agent Filtering for Increased Smart Grid Security

October 24, 2011
Author(s)
Ion Matei, Vijay Srinivasan
We address the problem of state estimation of the power system for the Smart Grid.We assume that the monitoring of the electrical grid is done by a network of agents with both computing and communication capabilities. We propose a security mechanism aimed

A Decision-Guided Energy Management Framework for Sustainable Manufacturing

August 31, 2011
Author(s)
Guodong Shao, Alexander Brodsky, Jorge Arinez , Daniel A. Menasce , Paul Ammann
A growing number of manufacturing industries are initiating efforts to address sustainability issues. According to the National Association of Manufacturers, the manufacturing sector currently accounts for about one third of all energy consumed in the
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