Title :
Ecofactory. Ecologically conscious manufacturing for 21st century
Author_Institution :
Manuf. Syst. Dept., AIST MITI, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
The Ecofactory concept aims to establish next generation manufacturing engineering, contributing to the resolution of global environmental disruption problems without impairing the manufacturing economy or activities for technological progress. The importance of minimizing the environmental burden of a product during its whole life cycle (material-production-use-recycling), has been pointed out. Several essential technologies to be developed, such as global concurrent design engineering, automatic dismantling technology, high quality material recycling technology and assessment methodology for environmental burden, are investigated and discussed
Keywords :
concurrent engineering; ecology; manufacture; manufacturing processes; recycling; waste disposal; 21st century; Ecofactory concept; assembly; automatic dismantling technology; concurrent design; disposal methods; ecology; economy; engineering; environmental burden assessment methodology; global environment; life cycle; machining; manufacturing; material recycling; technological progress; Councils; Design engineering; Energy conservation; Environmental factors; Incineration; Industrial economics; Manufacturing industries; Mechanical engineering; Pollution; Recycling;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1994. IECON '94., 20th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bologna
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1328-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1994.397863
