Studies on Life Cycle Assessment of Die Casting Process

Pressure die-casting parts are widely used in various assemblies so the die- casting products are in huge demand. To meet the increasing demand and increasing manufacturing cost industries are focusing on sustainable manufacturing. Life cycle assessment tools are used by the industries to quantify sustainability of a process. In the present study, a computer aided system to analyze the sustainability of pressure die-casting process is developed. The proposed system can determine indicators like energy use, solid waste, cost, and other miscellaneous consumption like flux, die-coat lubricant for pressure die-casting process. It determines the sustainability indicators on the basis of the selection of metal, metal alloy and sub-process. This system has user friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI).That has been developed to prompt user to select the various choices in the system and enter data for the process plan. The two case studies are presented to verify the computer aided system process analyzer by comparing the system data with actual measured data in industry.

Dr. Chandan Deep Singh is working as assistant professor in Dept. of Mech. Engg., Punjabi University, Patiala. He completed his Ph.D. in Production & Industrial Engg. His M.Tech specialization is in Manufacturing Systems Engg. with research work in CAD/CAM. he has guided around 30 M.Tech. students and has around 70 publications to his name.