The manufacturing industry contributes over 19% to the world's greenhouse gas emissions (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2008, “Rep: Annual Energy Review 2008,” Report No. DOE/EIA-0384; Diaz et al., 2010, “Environmental Analysis of Milling Machine Tool Use in Various Manufacturing Environments,” 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology.) and 31% of the total energy consumed annually in the U.S. (Herzog, T., 2005, “World Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2005,” World Resources Institute, Washington, DC 2; Diaz et al., 2010, “Environmental Analysis of Milling Machine Tool Use in Various Manufacturing Environments,” 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology.). There is therefore an increasing demand for sustainable solutions for the production technology industry. At the Technische Universitat (TU) Berlin, Germany, a collaborative research center (CRC) is focusing on new solutions for the sustainable machining of high performance alloys, with developments from machine tool frames to cutting tool technology being undertaken. An innovative machine tool concept with a modular frame, which allows a high level of flexibility, has been developed. Furthermore, add-on upgrading systems for older machine tools, which are particularly relevant for developing countries, have been developed. These systems allow the accuracy of outdated machine tools to be increased, thus making the machine tools comparable to modern systems. Finally the cutting process also requires solutions for dry machining, as the use of cooling lubricant is environmentally damaging and a significant cost contributor in machining processes. Two solutions are being developed at the TU Berlin: an internally cooled cutting tool and a heating concept for ceramic tools to allow dry machining of high temperature alloys, for example, for the aerospace industry.
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Solutions for Sustainable Machining
Eckart Uhlmann,
Eckart Uhlmann
Professor
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: uhlmann@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: uhlmann@iwf.tu-berlin.de
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Bernd Peukert,
Bernd Peukert
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: peukert@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: peukert@iwf.tu-berlin.de
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Simon Thom,
Simon Thom
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: thom@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: thom@iwf.tu-berlin.de
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Lukas Prasol,
Lukas Prasol
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: prasol@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: prasol@iwf.tu-berlin.de
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Paul Fürstmann,
Paul Fürstmann
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: paul.fuerstmann@gmx.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: paul.fuerstmann@gmx.de
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Fiona Sammler,
Fiona Sammler
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: fiona.sammler@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: fiona.sammler@iwf.tu-berlin.de
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Sebastian Richarz
Sebastian Richarz
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: richarz@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: richarz@iwf.tu-berlin.de
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Eckart Uhlmann
Professor
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: uhlmann@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: uhlmann@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Bernd Peukert
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: peukert@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: peukert@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Simon Thom
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: thom@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: thom@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Lukas Prasol
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: prasol@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: prasol@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Paul Fürstmann
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: paul.fuerstmann@gmx.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: paul.fuerstmann@gmx.de
Fiona Sammler
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: fiona.sammler@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: fiona.sammler@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Sebastian Richarz
Institute for Machine Tools and
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: richarz@iwf.tu-berlin.de
Factory Management,
Technische Universität Berlin,
Berlin 10587, Germany
e-mail: richarz@iwf.tu-berlin.de
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Manufacturing Engineering Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. Manuscript received August 17, 2016; final manuscript received September 16, 2016; published online November 21, 2016. Editor: Y. Lawrence Yao.
J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. May 2017, 139(5): 051009 (7 pages)
Published Online: November 21, 2016
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August 17, 2016
Revised:
September 16, 2016
Citation
Uhlmann, E., Peukert, B., Thom, S., Prasol, L., Fürstmann, P., Sammler, F., and Richarz, S. (November 21, 2016). "Solutions for Sustainable Machining." ASME. J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. May 2017; 139(5): 051009. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034850
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