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Improving Manufacturing Processes Through Energy Monitoring, Andrew Grzelak
Improving Manufacturing Processes Through Energy Monitoring, Andrew Grzelak
Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses
Energy efficiency and sustainability are very popular topics in the current field of manufacturing. With the increase in use of automation technology as well as the recent growth in the area of energy management, there is much focus on the overall improvement of manufacturing processes. For this research a project was completed to create a system that could improve both process efficiency as well as decrease energy consumption. By taking a look at the machine level energy consumption of an automated piece of manufacturing equipment, by eliminating waste in process, both energy efficiency and operational efficiency can be improved.
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