Concept Application

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the developed concept for the improvement of the eco-efficiency of grinding processes and systems, and its application within two case studies. To this purpose, the developed concept and application cycle presented in the previous chapter are applied in support of decision-making. The first case study focuses on the planning of a new external cylindrical grinding process (case study 1) of a fictitious but realistic company. The case study represents a scenario where different external cylindrical grinding processes and systems configurations can be compared on the basis of their eco-efficiency. The second case study focuses on the improvement of an existing (case study 2) internal cylindrical grinding process and system, as well as that of a fictitious but realistic company. The case study investigates a scenario which focuses on changes to the grinding process configuration. Both case studies represent a realistic decision scenario and are based on real data obtained from experiments and measurements.