sustainable manufacturing
Working smarter, cleaner and greener: The future of manufacturing and materials
Antonia Molloy2023-06-06T16:17:01+01:0031/05/2023|Tags: green, manufacturing and materials, net zero, sustainability, sustainable manufacturing|
Everything we own, use or interact with in life starts with a material or materials. But even we in the industry admit that materials are a huge part of what has led us to ...
Do you know how green your car is? Why measurement of low-emission vehicles is misleading…
Professor Mark Jolly2017-07-17T14:48:56+01:0017/07/2017|Tags: car, energy rating, green, legislation, manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing|
Why don’t we have energy ratings labels for our cars and other vehicles? We think we already do - via the checks on tailpipe emissions and CO2 that are backed up by Government legislation and ...
Setting sail in a kayak made of aerospace waste materials
Cranfield University2021-09-15T10:12:05+01:0014/04/2016|Tags: carbon fibre, composite materials, composites, demonstrator model, kayak, recycling, resource management, sustainability, sustainable manufacturing|
When I first decided to create a kayak made from aerospace waste materials and compete in the gruelling Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, I realised that the risks were high - I honestly didn't know ...
Sustainable manufacturing and the factories of the future: small, smart and social?
Cranfield University2021-09-15T10:02:00+01:0021/03/2016|Tags: coca cola enterprises, cranfield university, factories of the future, future factory, manufacturing, personalised manufacturing, sustainability, sustainable manufacturing|
The future of factories is small, smart and social. We’ve come to assume that efficiency in manufacturing is the result of economies of scale from large, centralised operations, speed and standardisation. But a combination of new ...