Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : September 18, 2024 - September 20, 2024
In the manufacturing industry, due to the increasing awareness of environmental issues and stricter regulations, there is a demand for low environmental impact manufacturing. However, when aiming for low environmental impact manufacturing, there is a problem of not being able to utilize environmental impact indices in front-loading design, preventing a fully optimized product design. Therefore, this paper proposes a system that uses CAD data, which is the de facto standard in design, as an input and interface to estimate the amount of carbon dioxide emissions during product manufacturing, thereby enabling the consideration of environmental impact indices at the design stage. When applied to a test model using four kinds of processing (surface polishing, MIG welding, SFW, and electrochemical processing), the system was able to visualize the amount of carbon dioxide emissions during manufacturing in a matter of seconds, showing promise for utilizing the proposed system in front-loading design.
