Unit 1

10 Hours

Concept of sustainability, Sustainable Development goals, manufacturing operations, resources in manufacturing. Concept of the triple bottom line, environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability. Need for sustainable manufacturing. Environmental impact assessment methods – CML, EI 95 and 99, ISO 14001, EMS and PAS 2050 standards, environmental impact parameters. Sustainability assessment-concept models and various approaches, product sustainability and risk assessment-corporate social responsibility.

Unit 2

10 Hours

Life cycle analysis tools, optimization for achieving sustainability in manufacturing, value analysis, analysis for carbon footprint-software packages for sustainability analysis, Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Remanufacture and disposal – Environmental conscious- quality function deployment- R3 and R6 cycles – Remanufacturing case studies, EoL Waste valorization techniques, Industrial symbiosis, Circular economy strategies. Environmental Impacts of Manufacturing, Cutting Tool Sustainability, Minimum Quantity Lubrication in Machining.

Unit 3

10 Hours

Environmentally conscious quality function deployment (ECQFD), Life Cycle Design, Facilitating Disassembly, System Design for Eco-efficiency, Environmental Complexity and Designing Activity, and Product Lifetime Optimisation. Sustainable smart manufacturing in Industry 4.0-recent developments in metal joining techniques, machining, Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Processes for Motor Cores in EV- Industrial case studies on sustainable smart manufacturing.

Course Objectives

• To provide a practical level understanding of key factors in sustainable manufacturing
• To impart knowledge on sustainable models and frameworks
• To inculcate the practice of sustainability in manufacturing

Course Outcomes

CO1: Identify key requirements in sustainable manufacturing

CO2: Apply sustainability concepts in manufacturing systems

CO3: Demonstrate the life cycle analysis and costing in the production process

CO4: Map the possibilities in re-manufacturing and circular economy in manufacturing

CO-PO Mapping

Skills Acquired

Assess the sustainability of a manufacturing industry, and develop sustainable and green manufacturing processes and
products.

1. S.Vinodh, “Sustainable Manufacturing Concepts, Tools, Methods and Case Studies”, CRC Press, 2020
2. Kapil Gupta, “Sustainable Manufacturing”, Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, Springer, 2021
3. Dornfeld, David, Green Manufacturing, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2012
4. Rainer Stark, Günther Seliger, Jérémy Bonvoisin, “ Sustainable Manufacturing: Challenges, solutions and implementation perspectives, Springer, 2017.
5. Gupta, S.M. and Lambert, A.J.D., “Environment Conscious Manufacturing”, CRC Press, 2008.