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International Journal of Sustainable Engineering Volume 8, 2015 - Issue 1
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Characterising energy and eco-efficiency of injection moulding processes

W. LiSustainable Manufacturing and Life Cycle Engineering Research Group, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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S. KaraSustainable Manufacturing and Life Cycle Engineering Research Group, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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F. QureshiSustainable Manufacturing and Life Cycle Engineering Research Group, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Pages 55-65 | Received 14 Jun 2013, Accepted 10 Jan 2014, Published online: 14 Mar 2014

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Figure 1 Layers of the unit process eco-efficiency (Li et al. Citation2012).
Figure 1 Layers of the unit process eco-efficiency (Li et al. Citation2012).
Figure 2 Photograph of the inserts and injected parts.
Figure 2 Photograph of the inserts and injected parts.
Figure 3 Ishikawa diagram for tested injection moulding processes.
Figure 3 Ishikawa diagram for tested injection moulding processes.

Table 1 The levels of tested factors for injection moulding processes.

Figure 4 Exemplary power curve of the tested injection moulding process.
Figure 4 Exemplary power curve of the tested injection moulding process.
Figure 5 Model plot between throughput and SEC for BOY 15S.
Figure 5 Model plot between throughput and SEC for BOY 15S.
Figure 6 Residuals plot of the inverse model for BOY 15S.
Figure 6 Residuals plot of the inverse model for BOY 15S.

Table 2 Summary of SEC models for tested injection moulding processes.

Table 3 Validation results of SEC model for BOY 15S.

Table 4 Sensitivity analysis of derived SEC models.

Figure 7 Environmental impact (CO2 fossil) against throughput (BOY 15S).
Figure 7 Environmental impact (CO2 fossil) against throughput (BOY 15S).

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