Towards Sustainable Machining and Manufacturing: Process Optimization and Green Technologies
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 100
Special Issue Editors
2. Nabeul Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies (IPEIN), University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
3. Mechanical, Material and Process Laboratory (LR99ES05), ENSIT, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Interests: manufacturing processes; machining; surface integrity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue explores how to make machining and manufacturing more sustainable by focusing on process optimization and green technologies. Optimizing processes involves minimizing waste, energy consumption, and environmental impact, and using recycled materials to a greener manufacturing approach. Sustainability in machining can be achieved by promoting environmental friendly practices such as dry machining, Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL), cryogenic cooling, and biodegradable or vegetable-based cutting fluids, etc. Combining two or more of these techniques can further enhance sustainability. The manufacturing sector is moving towards more sustainable practices, hence the growing interest in sustainability assessment., and the sustainability index is a tool that helps measure the sustainability of manufacturing process considering their environmental, economic, and social impacts.
Technologies continue to shape the future of sustainable manufacturing. Industry 4.0 technologies such as Industrial IoT, Big Data analytics, AI and ML, digital twins, robotics and automation, and Additive Manufacturing promote sustainable and cost-effective manufacturing practices.
This Special Issue, “Towards Sustainable Machining and Manufacturing: Process Optimization and Green Technologies”, seeks high-quality works focusing on sustainable machining and manufacturing, process optimization and green technologies. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Sustainable machining
- Sustainable manufacturing
- Hybrid manufacturing processes
- High-speed machining
- Surface Integrity
- Environmentally friendly
- Industry 4.0
- Additive manufacturing
- Sustainability assessment
Dr. Nabil Jouini
Prof. Dr. Jaharah A.Ghani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- manufacturing processes
- machining
- Industry 4.0
- environmentally friendly
- green technologies
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