Citation
Kutz, M. (2007), "Environmentally Conscious Engineering", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 79 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2007.12779fae.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Environmentally Conscious Engineering
Environmentally Conscious Engineering
The following two books in this review are not specifically aim at aerospace engineers. However, engineers involved in aerospace manufacturing will find many aeras of interest in their pages.
The first volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design, gives you the tools to minimize the negative environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle of a product, by addressing these impacts early in the design phase. Each chapter has been authored by one or more leading experts. Based on their own research and design experience, these experts provide a suite of tools and best practices for planning and implementing environmentally friendly designs that meet regulations. Moreover, you learn how to satisfy business objectives, such as minimizing cost and maximizing design utility, while meeting environmental objectives at the same time.
Chapters include:
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Design for environment (DfE) strategies, practices, guidelines, methods, and tools.
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Product design for sustainability: a new assessment methodology and case studies.
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Life cycle design.
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Reverse engineering.
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Design for reliability.
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Design for maintainability.
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Reuse and recycling technologies.
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Design for remanufacturing processes.
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Materials selection for green design.
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Employing TQM in environmentally conscious design.
Throughout the volume, examples and case studies serve as blueprints, demonstrating how designs are devised and executed. Figures illustrate key design principles, and tables provide at-a-glance summaries of key data. Finally, references at the end of each chapter enable you to investigate individual topics in greater depth.
The second volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, shows you how to design and implement manufacturing processes and systems that are environmentally friendly and conform to regulations. Each chapter has been written by one or more experts who, based on their hands-on field experience, offer detailed coverage of such critical issues as metalworking and metalworking fluids; metal finishing and electroplating processes; and participate emissions and air quality. Moreover, you learn how to satisfy key business objectives, such as maximizing profits and productivity, while meeting environmental objectives at the same time.
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environmentally benign manufacturing;
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Design for environment (DfE).
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Organization, management, and improvement of manufacturing systems.
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Manufacturing systems evaluation.
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Prevention of metalworking pollution: environmentally conscious manufacturing at the machine tool.
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Air quality in manufacturing.
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Environmentally conscious electronics manufacturing.
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End-of-elctronic product disassembly and recycling.
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Metal finishing and electroplating.
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Industrial energy efficiency.
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Industrial environmental compliance regulations.
Each chapter provides case studies and examples that demonstrate how to effectively plan for and implement environmentally friendly manufacturing processes. Figures illustrate key manufacturing and design principles, and tables provide at-a-glance summaries of key data. Finally, references at the end of each chapter enable you to investigate individual topics in greater depth.
Turn to all of the books in the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering for the most cutting-edge, environmentally friendly engineering practices and technologies. Myer Kutz is Founder and President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and information services consulting firm. He is the Editor of the Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Third Edition (4- volume set) and the Handbook of Materials Selection, also published by Wiley.
Details available from: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Tel: +44 1243 779777.
Myer Kutz