{"id":12,"date":"2015-12-23T15:11:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T23:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:10:48","slug":"sustainable-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/sustainable-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Airfoil models were produced with economic, environmental and social dimensions in mind. In addition, parts with cross-sections of a circle, diamond or bell-shaped nozzle were produced to be used in the experimental validation.\u00a0The part\u00a0surfaces need to be smooth to avoid turbulence and dimensional accuracy is critical to compare\u00a0computational simulation and experimental results. The manufacturing of these parts was used as example to discuss sustainability in manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-275\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Shapes2.jpg\" alt=\"Sketches of 5 model shapes\" width=\"553\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Shapes2.jpg 773w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Shapes2-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Shapes2-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Shapes2-250x116.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Shapes2-150x70.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Model shapes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conventional\u00a0subtractive and additive manufacturing processes were explored.\u00a0As subtractive processes, removal processes involving chip formation were mainly used due to their high importance in industry, such as turning, milling, drilling, sawing, and belt-grinding [1,2]. As additive processes, three different principles were used: Wire extrusion, vat photopoymerization, and polyjet modeling [1]. Power requirements<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-274\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Subtractive-and-additive-manufacturing2.jpg\" alt=\"Diagrams of subtractive and additive manufacturing\" width=\"560\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Subtractive-and-additive-manufacturing2.jpg 943w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Subtractive-and-additive-manufacturing2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Subtractive-and-additive-manufacturing2-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Subtractive-and-additive-manufacturing2-250x132.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/12\/Subtractive-and-additive-manufacturing2-150x79.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-359\" src=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/10\/Power-3D-printer-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Power profile example\" width=\"333\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/10\/Power-3D-printer-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/10\/Power-3D-printer-250x150.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/10\/Power-3D-printer-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2018\/10\/Power-3D-printer.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Left: Principle of subtractive vs. additive manufacturing processes; Right: Power measurements of wire extrusion 3D printing<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To produce a certain part, generic unit processes can be added to a chain (e.g. sawing cuts a part from a blank, turning produces outer surface, milling produces a slot, etc.). Alternative process chains can be built, including sustainability criteria such as processing time, part quality, costs, energy use, and worker skill level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Process-chain_generic-and-specific.jpg\" alt=\"Diagrams of 2 Process chains, one generic and one specific\" width=\"735\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Process-chain_generic-and-specific.jpg 735w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Process-chain_generic-and-specific-300x36.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Process-chain_generic-and-specific-250x30.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Process-chain_generic-and-specific-150x18.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/em><strong>Process chain (left: generic, right: \u00a0with specific process variants\u00a0and non-value adding steps) [1]<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sustainability is understood in three dimensions: economy (e.g. production costs, productivity, revenue), environment (e.g. energy use, environmental impact, waste), and society (e.g. worker safety, well-being, education). A transparent and simple method to compare different process chains regarding different sustainability factors was developed and discussed in [1].<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-260 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Sustainability-evaluation.jpg\" alt=\"Table for sustainability evaluation\" width=\"795\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Sustainability-evaluation.jpg 795w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Sustainability-evaluation-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Sustainability-evaluation-768x283.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Sustainability-evaluation-250x92.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2015\/12\/Sustainability-evaluation-150x55.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Sustainability evaluation sheet [1]<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Learning goals within sustainable manufacturing:<br \/>\n\u2022 The students will learn first-hand about manufacturing quality criteria, such as processing time (resulting from the path and auxiliary times), processing energy, surface roughness, dimensional accuracy, etc.<br \/>\n\u2022 The students will get an understanding of additive manufacturing technologies for polymer parts and the underlying physical principles.<br \/>\n\u2022 The students will get an understanding of relevant subtractive technologies and their capabilities with regard to dimensional tolerances, surface quality, effort, equipment needed and costs involved.<br \/>\n\u2022 Furthermore, the students will learn about the broader picture of process planning and quality control comparable to industrial procedures as well as sustainability in manufacturing.<br \/>\n\u2022 They will experience how the design process defines the subsequent manufacturing steps and how manufacturing impacts part quality.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] <span id=\"scm6MainContent_lblArticleTitle\">Barbara Linke, Destiny Garcia, Farhad Ghadamli, Gurpreet Kaur, Sustainable Process Planning for Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing Unit Processes,\u00a0<\/span>ASME 2016 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC2016, June 27 to July 1, 2016, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, doi:10.1115\/MSEC2016-8517<\/p>\n<p>[2] Barbara Linke, Ian Garretson, Fahad Jan, Mohamed Hafez, Integrated Design, Manufacturing and Analysis of Airfoil and Nozzle Shapes in an Undergraduate Course, North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 45) on June 5, 2017 in Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airfoil models were produced with economic, environmental and social dimensions in mind. In addition, parts with cross-sections of a circle, diamond or bell-shaped nozzle were produced to be used in the experimental validation.\u00a0The part\u00a0surfaces need to be smooth to avoid turbulence and dimensional accuracy is critical to compare\u00a0computational simulation and  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/sustainable-manufacturing\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/stemaerospace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}