Energy performance evaluation and improvement of unit-manufacturing processes: Injection molding case study

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-170

  Madan, Jatinder ^a,b   Mani, Mahesh ^a,c   Lee, Jae Hyun ^a,d   Lyons, Kevin W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Energy; Estimation; Evaluation; Improvement; Sustainable manufacturing; Unit manufacturing process

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ESTIMATION; MANUFACTURE; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY; EVALUATION; IMPROVEMENT; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 84938197072     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.060     Document Type: Article

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