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Closed-Loop Production Systems

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This chapter discusses the closed-loop aspects of production systems in the context of green and sustainable manufacturing. Specifically, we consider the life cycle of production systems from design and construction through use, decommissioning, and recycling or repurposing. We discuss resource and economic efficiency and present a series of examples of life cycle analysis of manufacturing systems. We also describe how to design systems for reduced life cycle impact. Examples include comparisons of different machine tool systems, process parameter optimization, consumable utilization, plant services, and plant design.

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  1. System Insights, 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 123A, Berkeley, CA, 94710, USA

    Athulan Vijayaraghavan

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA

    Chris Yuan

  3. Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, 1115 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Nancy Diaz & Moneer Helu

  4. Department of Assembly Technology and Factory Management, Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management (IWF), TU Berlin PTZ2, Pascalstrasse 8-9, 10587, Berlin, Germany

    Timo Fleschutz

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Vijayaraghavan, A., Yuan, C., Diaz, N., Fleschutz, T., Helu, M. (2013). Closed-Loop Production Systems. In: Dornfeld, D. (eds) Green Manufacturing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6016-0_6

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