Resource efficient injection moulding with low environmental impacts

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-200

  Gantar, Gašper ^a   Glojek, Andrej ^b   Mori, Mitja ^c   Nardin, Blaž ^d   Sekavčnik, Mihael ^c  

^a doo   (Slovenia)

^b TECOS SLOVENIAN TOOL AND DIE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d Gorenje Toolmaking ^*  (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Injection moulding; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle cost analysis; Mould; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE COST METHODOLOGY; OPTIMISATIONS; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION;

INJECTION MOLDING; LIFE CYCLE; MOLDS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84876571874     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5545/sv-jme.2012.661     Document Type: Article

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