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Eco-efficiency of Manufacturing Processes

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With the proposed methodology in Sect. “Methodology of eco-efficiency evaluation for unit process”, this chapter further characterizes the manufacturing processes in terms of their eco-efficiency. The characterization starts with processes where the main energy and resource consumption is only electricity, such as turning, milling, and injection molding. Then, a grinding case is presented to demonstrate and validate the proposed methodology for a more complicated case.

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Li, W. (2015). Eco-efficiency of Manufacturing Processes. In: Efficiency of Manufacturing Processes. Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17365-8_5

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