Energy Efficient Manufacturing

Chapter 9Manufacturing Equipment

M. Helu^1,*^,†, N. Diaz-Elsayed²* and D. Dornfeld³

¹National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

³University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

^†The material presented in this chapter represents work conducted while author was not affiliated with NIST, and thus this work does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NIST. Certain commercial systems are identified, but such identification does not imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST or the authors. Nor does it imply that the products identified are necessarily the best available for the purpose.

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Abstract

Of the different resources required for production equipment, electrical energy has been a growing concern for manufacturers. Specifically, manufacturers hope to reduce electrical energy consumption through the successful implementation of appropriate green manufacturing strategies. To do so, they must first understand and characterize energy consumption in production equipment to determine the best strategy to implement. This chapter facilitates the use of green manufacturing strategies by describing power measurement and the general energy consumption characteristics of most production equipment. A variety of green manufacturing strategies are then presented based on the energy consumption behavior of the production equipment. These strategies are also discussed ...