.... It then discusses life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques and standards and certain product design issues. The benefits of sustainable manufacturing concepts are then identified, together with some examples of applications. Finally, brief conclusions are drawn. Findings – Sustainable manufacturing involves...

.... Standards Tolerance management Tolerance analysis is an important task in the design of mechanical assemblies and has received considerable attention in the literature (Shen et al., 2005 ; Shah et al., 2007 ; Polini, 2009). Tolerance analysis generally consists of studying one...

...Ernie Appleton; Richard Piggin Purpose Recently there has been considerable technological change in the way in which safety‐related control may be engineered. A series of standards based upon IEC 61508 are under development. This paper discusses these changes and highlights their relevancy...

... Standards Single fieldbus standard on the horizon? Not in the short term, end-users concede Keywords: Fieldbus, Standards The dream of a unified fieldbus, coupled with the lack of standards providing openness and interoperability between products from different vendors, and the absence...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Profibus Fieldbus Standards Keywords: Profibus, Fieldbus, Standards The large number of different types of devices and suppliers within a system make configuration difficult and complex, repeatedly presenting system manufacturers...

... industrial viability. The HFAA concept will allow the user to start from a manual assembly station and gradually add assembly equipment. The basic concepts of stepwise automation, standard assembly machine and sub‐batch principle emanate from our previous research. For SMEs this implies a compliance...

...Richard Piggin; Ken Young; Richard McLaughlin This paper reviews current and proposed fieldbus standards that affect Europe. Relevant technologies and the formation of standards are shown. The initial goal of a single global standard and the recognition of a number of emerging de facto...

... the capability of winning as individual concerns. In order that the virtual enterprise operates effectively the systems which underpin the separate enterprises must be capable of interoperation#. One means of achieving this is by the adoption of suitable international approved standards. Addresses this issue...