SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING
MF F485 (II SEM, 2023-2024)
Lecture 1
R. S. Vidyarthy
PhD (IIT R)
Assistant Professor
BITS Pilani Mechanical Engineering Department
Hyderabad Campus BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
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Scope and Objectives
Growing awareness and concerns about climate change, energy
security and natural resource scarcity led by the rapid expansion
of economic activity in the last two decades have put
government and business under immense pressure to optimize
the natural resources, to increase use of renewable energy and
recycled material and to reduce the environmental effects
involved in the production and consumption of goods and
services.
The primary objective of this course is to provide environmental,
economical and social perspective of manufacturing processes,
systems and tooling including material, energy and toxicity
analysis during the various phases of product life cycle. A
multidisciplinary approach will be undertaken. Collection and
analysis of real world data from industry will be encouraged.
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Evaluation Scheme
EC Component Duratio Weightage Date, time Nature
NO n (%)
1 Mid Exam 90min 30 13/03 9.30 - CB
11.00AM
2 Seminar//Case study 20 OB
3 Project 10 OB
4 Comprehensive Exam 3hr 40 08/05 FN CB
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dishonesty is acceptable
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SUSTAINABLE
MANUFACTURING
Manufacturing…?
Manufacturing is the production of goods through the use of labour, machinery,
tools and biological or chemical processing or formulation. Manufacturing can
either mean transforming raw materials into finished goods on a large scale, or
the creation of more complex items by selling basic goods to manufacturers for
the production of items such as automobiles, aircraft, or household appliances.
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Different eras of human
history
❖ Stone Age: 3.3 million to 5,000 years ago.
❖ Bronze Age: 5,000 to 1,400 years ago (1,200 BC)
❖ Iron Age: 1,200 BC to 500 BC.
❖ Classical Era: 500 BC to 500 AD.
❖ Medieval Era: 500 AD to 1500 AD.
❖ Early Modern Era: 1500 AD to 1800 AD.
❖ Modern Era: 1800 AD to present.
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/historical-eras-list-of-major-
time-periods-in-history.html
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Overconsumption of Natural
Resources
Many of the natural resources our society uses are diminishing due to
overconsumption.
Overconsumption means consuming resources that we cannot
replenish or that cannot sustain themselves at the rate we are
consuming them. Ecosystems are unable to cope with excessive
resource extraction, resulting in biodiversity loss and the deterioration
of the natural world.
logging industry
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Consequences of exploitation
of resources
❖ Deforestation ❖ Ozone depletion
❖ Desertification ❖ Greenhouse gas increase
❖ Extinction of species ❖ Water gasification
❖ Forced migration ❖ Metals and minerals
❖ Soil erosion depletion
❖ Oil depletion
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The Limits to Growth
Authors
Donella H. Meadows
Dennis L. Meadows
Jørgen Randers
William W. Behrens III
1972
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth
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If ‘Development’ gave global equality of
quality of life and resource use:
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Sustainability
It seems incredible but the 'sustainability' concept as we know it today
dates back to under 30 years ago: it appeared for the first time in 1987
in the famous Brundtland Report (also entitled 'Our Common Future')
produced by several countries for the UN.
The United Nations defined sustainable development in the Brundtland
Report as development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
The term 'sustainable development' first appeared in an official
document signed by thirty-three African countries in 1969, under
the auspices of the International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN).
NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act from 1969), defined
sustainable development as: 'economic development that may have
benefits for current and future generations without harming the
planet's resources or biological organisms'.
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Why Sustainability is so Important?
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