Special Issue "Sustainable Manufacturing"
QuicklinksA special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2011)
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Dan Zhang
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario, Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 7K4, Canada
Website: http://faculty.uoit.ca/zhang
E-Mail: dan.zhang@uoit.ca
Phone: +1 905 721 8668
Fax: +1 905 721 3370
Interests: sustainable/cleaner manufacturing; reconfigurable robotic systems; design for sustainability; reconfigurable manufacturing systems; modular robots; high efficiency machining; high performance robotic machine tools; decentralized robot control system
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This special issue of Sustainable Manufacturing aims to present current research activities employing the concepts and technologies of sustainable manufacturing to advance and promote the development of modern manufacturing. In recent years, the need for system sustainability and a globally increasing manufacturing, drive a gigantic demand for technology and strategies which will reduce production costs. Sustainable manufacturing, as an important concept of modern manufacturing, represents the future trends for production method and process is sustainability, green, lean, higher efficiency and less consumption and contamination.
We welcome submissions of state-of-the-art research of theoretical or practical significance that will support and foster technology improvements related to sustainable manufacturing. Papers on theory, method, and modeling as well as on application topics are all invited. Topical areas for consideration include, but are not limited to, green manufacturing, sustainable/cleaner manufacturing, reconfigurable robotic systems, eco‑innovation, design for sustainability, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, modular robots, high efficiency machining, high performance robotic machine tools, decentralized robot control system, advanced energy technology, renewable and nonrenewable energy.
Prof. Dr. Dan Zhang
Guest Editor
Submission
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Keywords
- green manufacturing
- sustainable/cleaner manufacturing
- reconfigurable robotic systems
- design for sustainability
- reconfigurable manufacturing systems
- modular robots
- high efficiency machining
- high performance robotic machine tools
- decentralized robot control system
Published Papers (7 papers)
 Sustainability 2011, 3(9), 1323-1340; doi:10.3390/su3091323
Received: 14 June 2011; in revised form: 18 August 2011 / Accepted: 19 August 2011 / Published: 29 August 2011
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Toward a Heat Recovery Chimney
Sustainability 2011, 3(11), 2115-2128; doi:10.3390/su3112115
Received: 19 August 2011; in revised form: 19 October 2011 / Accepted: 26 October 2011 / Published: 7 November 2011
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Sustainability 2011, 3(11), 2217-2228; doi:10.3390/su3112217
Received: 22 August 2011; in revised form: 26 October 2011 / Accepted: 9 November 2011 / Published: 17 November 2011
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Sustainable Micro-Manufacturing of Micro-Components via Micro Electrical Discharge Machining
Sustainability 2011, 3(12), 2456-2469; doi:10.3390/su3122456
Received: 8 October 2011; in revised form: 28 November 2011 / Accepted: 1 December 2011 / Published: 13 December 2011
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Sustainability 2012, 4(1), 92-105; doi:10.3390/su4010092
Received: 2 November 2011; in revised form: 19 December 2011 / Accepted: 20 December 2011 / Published: 4 January 2012
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 Sustainability 2012, 4(2), 154-174; doi:10.3390/su4020154
Received: 6 January 2012 / Accepted: 21 January 2012 / Published: 24 January 2012
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Sustainability 2012, 4(2), 175-192; doi:10.3390/su4020175
Received: 1 November 2011; in revised form: 19 December 2011 / Accepted: 18 January 2012 / Published: 30 January 2012
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Last update: 17 January 2011