A Novel Method of Sustainability Evaluation in Machining Processes

In order to quantitatively evaluate and improve the sustainability of machining systems, this paper presents an emergy (the amount of energy consumed in direct and indirect transformations to make a product or service) based sustainability evaluation and improvement method for machining systems, con...

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Main Authors: Haiming Sun, Conghu Liu, Jianqing Chen, Mengdi Gao, Xuehong Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Processes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/7/5/275