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This chapter explains the motivation and the scope of action as well as the research objective and the work structure.

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Winter, M. (2016). Introduction. In: Eco-efficiency of Grinding Processes and Systems. Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25205-6_1

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