Sustainable Smart Manufacturing Processes in Industry 4.0 (Advances in Manufacturing, Design and Computational Intelligence Techniques)

The text discusses both theoretical and technological aspects of the Industry 4.0–based manufacturing processes. It covers important topics such as additive manufacturing, laser-based manufacturing processes, electromagnetic welding and joining processes, green manufacturing processes, and friction welding processes.

• Illustrates sustainable manufacturing aspects in robotics and aerospace industries.
• Showcases additive manufacturing processes with a focus on innovation and automation.
• Covers environment-friendly manufacturing processes resulting in zero waste and conserves natural resources.
• Synergizes exploration related to the various properties and functionalities through extensive theoretical and experimental modeling.
• Discusses impact welding for joining of dissimilar materials.

The text discusses the recent manufacturing techniques and methodologies such as impact welding for joining of dissimilar materials. It further covers techniques such as additive manufacturing and electromagnetic manu- facturing, resulting in minimum or negligible waste. The text elaborates important topics such as friction stir welding energy consumption analysis, and industry waste recycling for sustainable development. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and researchers in the fields including mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, and production engineering.

Dr. Ramesh Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Saharsa College of Engineering, Saharsa, Bihar (under Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar), India. He received his PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He received his M Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. He has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences in electromagnetics manufacturing. His main research interests include electromagnetics manufacturing, advanced welding technology, bio-mechanics.

Dr. Arbind Prasad has completed his Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He has earned gold medal in his M. Tech. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head (Mechanical Engineering) in the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar, Posted at Katihar Engineering College, Katihar, Bihar, India. He has one granted patent and filled 3 patents out of his research work. He has 15 international Journal papers, edited 06 books (Wiley Scrivener Publishing and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis) USA), 17 book chapters and 15 reputed international conference papers to his credit. Dr. Arbind Prasad has obtained various prestigious awards such as Sponsored Research Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) award from IIT Kanpur, Best Oral presentation from American Chemical Society, Best paper awards from IIT Guwahati during Research Conclave. He has completed numerous projects funded by state Government. He is an associate editor for International Journal of Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies (IJMMST) and early career editor for International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences (IJMEMS) Indexed in ESCI/Scopus and DOAJ. He is editorial board member of various international journals and acts as active review board member of 10 prestigious (Indexed in SCI/SCIE/Scopus) international journals with high impact factor i.e., Bioengineering, Journal of design, Materials, Journal of functional materials, Polymer, Materials, Molecules etc. He has been invited to deliver talks at various organizations of repute. He has coordinated various faculty development programmes, short term courses, symposium, national seminars and completed research projects sponsored under various Government schemes in India. His main areas of research include resorbable polymer, processing and characterizations, scaffolds, hydrogels, manufacturing, composites, biomaterials, nano materials processing, internal fixation devices, bioimplants etc. He is also a lifetime member of Society of Polymer Science India, Material Research Society of India, Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs of India, Asian Polymer Association, and Indian Society of Technical Education.

Dr. Ashwani Kumar received Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) in the area of Mechanical Vibration and Design. He is currently working as Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering (Gazetted Officer Group B) at Technical Education Department, Uttar Pradesh (under Government of Uttar Pradesh) Kanpur, India since December 2013. He has worked as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University Dehradun India from July 2010 to November 2013. He has more than 13 years of research and academic experience. He is Series Editor of 4 book series Advances in Manufacturing, Design and Computational Intelligence Techniques1/ Renewable and Sustainable Energy Developments2/ Smart Innovations and Technological Advancements in Mechanical and Materials Engineering3/ Computational Intelligence and Biomedical Engineering4 published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis USA)1-3 and Wiley Scrivener Publishing4 USA. He is Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies (IJMMST). He is guest editor & editorial board member of 8 international journals and acts as review board member of 20 prestigious (Indexed in SCI/SCIE/Scopus) international journals with high impact factor i.e. Applied Acoustics, Measurement, JESTEC, AJSE, SV-JME, and LAJSS. In addition he has published 100+ research articles in journals, book chapters and conferences. He has authored/co-authored cum edited 20+ books of Mechanical, Materials and Energy Engineering. He has published 2 patents. He is associated with International Conferences as Invited Speaker/ Advisory Board/Review Board member/Program Committee Member. He has delivered many invited talks in webinar, FDP and Workshops. He has been awarded as Best Teacher for excellence in academic and research. He has successfully guided 12 B.Tech., M.Tech and Ph.D. thesis. In administration he is working as coordinator for AICTE, E.O.A., Nodal officer for PMKVY-TI Scheme (Government of India) and internal coordinator for CDTP scheme (Government of Uttar Pradesh). He is currently involved in the research area of AI & ML in Mechanical Engineering, Smart Materials & Manufacturing Techniques, Thermal Energy Storage, Building Efficiency, Renewable Energy Harvesting, Sustainable Transportation and Heavy Vehicle Dynamics.