Green Design and Manufacturing has now become a trend. The majority of manufacturers around the world are utilizing it. For the manufacturers, Green Manufacturing is more of a pattern than a responsibility. Consumers are more aware of the importance of Sustainability and Going Green as compared to manufacturers. Point to focus is that through any of the reasons, the Eco-System of Manufacturers is providing emphasis to Green Design and Manufacturing.
Manufacturing Industry and Green Manufacturing.
Manufacturing is one of the most significant Eco-system in the world. Every day manufacturers produce tons of things. With their increasing rate of production, they also keep in mind to improve the Speed of Innovation. Us as humans are always in search of Innovation, for finding different ways to produce/reproduce things. And we humans are also in constant search of Innovation. Green Manufacturing is also one of them. Current scenario and the upcoming entire decade, the consequences of our actions will drive us to introspect and resonate our undying love for Nature and Environment. Every industry and sector will use the word “Sustainability.” And for the same reason the idea of Sustainability has also entered the eco-system of Mechanical Design.
What is Mechanical Design?
Mechanical Design converts resources or energies to mechanisms or forms which can be utilized by us to achieve useful output from the machines. Mechanical Design can help us to create new tools for a specific task. It can also help in upgrading the existing mechanisms to provide much better results.
Similarly, when such output and jobs are done with the help of Environmental friendly activities/operations within the manufacturing field, it is Green Manufacturing. The idea behind the same is to utilize the least amount of natural resources, reduce the amount of waste, and recycle/reuse of materials. We, as humans, are continually trying our efforts to re-establish the relation between Nature and us. For a long time, we have been exploiting all the natural resources available to us. Hence, now it has become inevitable for us to start an innovation keeping environment at the center. Because of Woke culture or through excessive awareness and advertisement Green Manufacturing and Design has been getting people’s attention. Green Manufacturing and Design will provide a sustainable development strategy to coordinate with the Economy, Society, and Environment. Very Basic requirement of services for Green Engineering are given below.
Basic Requirement of Services for Green Engineering.
Energy Efficiency.
Consuming Energy from renewable sources.
Reducing Pollution-Removal of Pollution.
The First thing for the initiation of Green Manufacturing is Selection of Materials
The materials we select, the procurement behind the process, and the management of the materials post they are bought will play a significant role in Green Manufacturing. There are certain materials used in the normal manufacturing process like Chemicals, which affect the environment directly. Hence, for green manufacturing, we always have to seek out a substitute for harmful chemicals and heavy metals. We should keep in mind factors of compatibility with the environment, economic effect on the environment, and safety for the background during the process.
Priority should be to use ecological materials like Stones, Woods, etc. (Which are also readily available); Green packaging Materials; Degradable materials; Environmental purification material, etc.
Objectives of implementing Green Manufacturing
- Lessening the Environmental Pollution.
- Reducing Energy Consumption.
- Recycling of Product.
Certain areas of the blog would have already explained ways for how we can fulfill the above objectives. All the activities of Green manufacturing would always revolve around the high points. Evaluation of Green Manufacturing and Design. One of the primary ways for the assessment of green manufacturing is to create compounds of product or processes which allow us to achieve the pursuit of Re-manufacturing and Re-Cycling. By making this, the life cycle of that product or component is increased by a significant portion. We have to analyze the life cycle of the entire product (Both – Green Manufacturing and the Normal Manufacturing). Through that life cycle, we should examine the effect of the product on the environment and vice versa. From the time of Plan – Design – Selected materials – Manufacturing – Utilization – Scrap – Recycle. Also checking if it is re-usable or not.
For green manufacturing, the focus is always on increasing the life cycle and reducing the effect on the environment. Green Manufacturing Designs demands re-manufacturing design for compounds of a product. The engine used to re-manufacture parts/components etc. can get better in economy and practicability.
Steps for Evaluation in Green Manufacturing
- Defining Target.
- Defining the Scope.
- Assessment of Impact.
- Analyzing the Inventory.
- Interpreting the Result.
Here, Defining target and scope are part of the Life Cycle Process. Once we get the end goal and the range of the process/product, our work of estimating the life cycle gets half done. Impact assessment is analyzing all the materials/resources/energies produced and used in the Humans and Environments life processes collectively and quantitatively.
When we examine the inventory, we will get complete data and result regarding Impact Assessment. Post that interpreting the result would be an easy task to complete. In this way, Life Cycle Assessment will take place to Evaluate Green Manufacturing and Green Design. There are different types of the Evaluation process to evaluate Green Manufacturing. Ga Bi, Sima Pro, E Balance are the most common evaluation tools to get help with Green Manufacturing.
Green Manufacturing and Its Application
- 25% of energy consumption is coming from Manufacturing Industries among Top Global Companies.
- Energy consumption of the Manufacturing Industry is proportional to the standard of living in the country.
- As the population residing in developing countries is dynamically increasing, it demands more energy. Free energy coming in from natural resources and fossil fuel is getting to an end, and hence the replacement of that energy is the issue. Extinction of natural energy is the reason why Green Manufacturing is essential.
- Green manufacturing does not provide a different resource of energy in use; it merely uses fewer resources to create more goods and products. Being an economical as well as an efficient manufacturing process.
Green Design and Manufacturing is the Leap of faith required in Mechanical Design Services. Good thing being, different countries, and companies have already started accepting and working on that. It is an essential habit (more than a process) for Humans to keep their relationship with sustainable development. This habit of Green manufacturing and design will help in restraining environmental protection to decrease consumption and increase efficiency.