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Sustainability issues in sheet metal forming processes: an overview

Giuseppe IngaraoFabrizio MicariR. Di Lorenzo

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EngineeringUnderlineRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentManagement sciencebusiness.industryStrategy and ManagementLife cyclePrincipal (computer security)Resource efficiencyForming processesSheet metal formingIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringResource efficiencyProduct lifecycleRisk analysis (engineering)SustainabilityOrder (exchange)SustainabilitySustainability organizationsbusinessSettore ING-IND/16 - Tecnologie E Sistemi Di LavorazioneGeneral Environmental Science

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Abstract Environmental sustainability in manufacturing is nowadays an urgent and remarkable issue and the main concerns are related to more efficient use of materials and energy. In sheet metal forming processes there is still a lack of knowledge in this field mainly due to the need of a proper modelling of sustainability issues and factors to be taken into account. The aim of this paper is mainly to underline the state of the art from a forming point of view about the sustainability contributions offered in any phase of a product life cycle. Actually, a lack in terms of comprehensive contributions is present in the technical literature, thus, the authors try to give a sort of holistic vision aimed to provide basic guidelines in order to help in identifying the possible solutions with regard to all the phases of a forming product life cycle. The main attention was paid to sheet metal forming technologies. The paper gives an overview of the main topics concerning sheet metal forming problems related to energy and resource efficiency with the aim to stress the principal contributions which may derive from such processes to environmental performances of manufacturing.

10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.10.005http://hdl.handle.net/10447/61786