报告主题

Manufacturing for Sustainability

报告人

Prof. Jan C. Aurich 德国工程院院士/首席教授

德国凯泽斯劳滕-兰道工业大学机械工程学院

报告时间

2024年9月18日（周三）上午9:00-10:30

报告地点

柏彦大厦6层多功能会议厅

报告专家简介

Prof. Jan C. Aurich

Professor Jan C. Aurich is the director of the Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Production Systems at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) and serves as an editorial board member of the journal Digital Engineering. His research interests include digital manufacturing, sustainable production, and other topics related to advanced manufacturing technology. He is a fellow of the German National Academy for Science and Technology (acatech), a fellow of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP), and a fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP).

报告摘要

The talk will address “Manufacturing for Sustainability”, one of the most pressing global challenges the manufacturing industry faces. Companies need to maintain their competitiveness to stay in business. This goal is traditionally met by producing high-quality products at attractive prices and with short delivery times to make customers happy. However, in the past decade, it has become an internationally accepted requirement that manufacturing companies incorporate sustainability goals into their operations. Therefore, objectives such as energy efficient manufacturing and materials efficiency have become a focus of product and manufacturing planning.

Following a brief introduction, the presentation will show pathways to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing.

- What is the influence of materials and manufacturing processes?

- How can machine tools be designed to achieve better energy efficiency?

- How can waste be reduced and material be reused?

The second part of the talk will include current examples directly from Prof. Aurich's group's ongoing research at RPTU Kaiserslautern, such as:

- The use of Product Service Systems (PSS) to achieve better sustainability in manufacturing

- The reduction of critical minerals in cutting tools

- Energy- and materials-efficiency of additive manufacturing