Comparative Integrated Manufacturing Efficiency in Production Engineering

At present a plurality of manufacturing methods, different manufacturing processes and manufacturing equipment are known in order to produce and customize work pieces and products. A new systematic approaches for the analysis and evaluation of manufacturing methods bases on the energy-information model as a conceptual approach to the comparative integrated manufacturing efficiency in production engineering. The integrated manufacturing efficiency is equal to the product of the efficiencies of matter, energy and information. The Comparative Integral Manufacturing Efficiency is the product of Quality rate, Effectiveness, Availability, devided by the product of (used Energy, used material, Emission ratio). A case study compares additive and removal process efficiencies for the production of a hollow cylinder. Proposed method for comparative integrated manufacturing efficiency will offer resource-efficient strategies for the creation and optimization of processes and technology applications.