Sustainable Manufacturing: Effect of Material Selection and Design to the Environmental Impact in the Manufacturing Process

• Main Authors: Mohd Hazwan Syafiq , Harun, Zahari, Taha, Hadi, Abdul Salaam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2013
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3902/1/P148.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3902/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/50/1/012060
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

The environmental impact of a manufacturing process is also dependent on the selection of the material and design of a product. This is because the manufacturing of a product is directly connected to the amount of carbon emitted in consuming the electrical energy for that manufacturing process. The...