Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing

This book encapsulates and highlights the most recent innovations, breakthroughs, and comparisons of advanced sustainable manufacturing and material processing techniques for high-performance materials applications with a focus on sustainability and using conventional available methods. Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing: Methods and Technologies addresses the various sustainable manufacturing and materials processing techniques for advanced materials. It discusses advancements in conventional and non-conventional techniques used in casting, joining, drilling, surface engineering, sintering, and composite manufacturing. The book focuses on a wide range of manufacturing techniques and materials processing technologies along with their benefits, limitations, and sustainability quotient. The conventional and advanced processes are compared in parallel to understand the need for advanced methods in manufacturing technology. This book is helpful to academic scholars and commercial manufacturers in giving them a first-hand source of information on sustainable manufacturing and material processing technology.

Dr. Sarbjeet Kaushal is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Gulzar Group of Institutes, Khanna, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India in 2019. He has published more than 30 papers in refereed journals including 20 SCI/SCIE indexed journals and is also a reviewer of several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Kaushal's research interests include surface engineering, microwave processing of materials, tribology of composite materials, and advanced manufacturing processes. Dr. Ishbir Singh is currently working as the Director of Engineering, Gulzar Group of Institutes, Khanna, Ludhiana (Pb), India. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India. He has more than eighteen years of experience in the industry, academia, and research and has served at many prestigious positions like Head of Department, Chief Warden, Associate Dean, Project In-charge, Faculty Advisor, etc. Dr. Singh has received several appreciation letters and commendation certificates for his contribution in the field of technical education and is an active researcher in the field of design, biodynamics, CAD/CAM/CAE, Finite Element Method (FEM), and human body vibrations. He has several publications to his credit in national and international conferences and journals of repute. He is an author and reviewer for high-impact and reputed Journals and has filed several patents. Dr. Satnam Singh is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The NorthCap University, India since 2016. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India in 2017. He has more than nine years of experience in teaching and industry. He has published more than 25 SCI/SCIE/SCOPUS papers in various reputed international journals and has presented papers at international conferences. He has applied for three Indian patents and is actively working in the field of microwave materials processing technologies. His fields of research include microwave materials processing, development of composites (MMCs, PMCs and CMCs), surface engineering and joining of materials. Dr. Ankit Gupta received his master's degree in CAD/CAM and Robotics from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, and a doctoral degree from The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India. He has published more than 50 papers in refereed journals including SCI/SCIE/SCOPUS indexed journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Gupta's research interests involve uncertainty quantification, deformation theory, structural response, Imperfection sensitivity, and nanotechnology._

1. Introduction to Sustainability of Manufacturing and Materials Processing Technologies. 2. Microwave irradiation manufacturing of polymer composites: a sustainable manufacturing technique. 3. Microwave joining: a sustainable manufacturing technique. 4. Microwave drilling: a sustainable drilling method. 5. Physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating process on biomedical applications: an overview. 6. Friction- stir welding: a sustainable procedure for joining steels. 7. The recent development in heat treatment of friction stir welded magnesium alloys joints. 8. Benefits and Challenges in additive manufacturing and its applications. 9. A comprehensive review on design and development of the advanced tailored material on sustainability aspects. 10. Performance enhancements using Lean Manufacturing Practices in SMEs: A case study from Northern India. 11. A Systematic Examination of the Barriers for the Implementation of Six Sigma in Manufacturing Organizations. 12. Modeling of Carburization of Steels: A Sustainable Approach.