Cleaner Production Initiatives in a Diesel Engines Factory

This paper presents a case study conducted in a Diesel engines manufacturer, which adopted a Cold Test machine to perform the final check of engines in the assembly line. The overall aim of this investigation was evaluating the economic and environmental advantages obtained by the adoption of the Co...

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Published in:IJIEM. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (Online) 2020-06, Vol.11 (2), p.73-81
Main Authors: Fernando Rodrigues Pinto, Luiz, de Oliveira Neto, Geraldo Cardoso, Mummolo, Giovanni, Digiesi, Salvatore, Facchini, Francesco, Centoamore, Plinio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assembly lines
cleaner production
cold test
Diesel engines
economic gain
Engines
environmental advantage
Environmental assessment
mass intensity factor
Resource conservation
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Summary:This paper presents a case study conducted in a Diesel engines manufacturer, which adopted a Cold Test machine to perform the final check of engines in the assembly line. The overall aim of this investigation was evaluating the economic and environmental advantages obtained by the adoption of the Cold Test machine. The results showed cost saving of USD 558,012.67 per year. The investment required, USD 2.1millions, returned in three years and ten months. The environmental assessment identified the reduction of the mass intensity per abiotic, biotic, water and air compartments, total of 178,420,306.06 kg resources conservation per year.
ISSN:2217-2661
2683-345X
DOI:10.24867/IJIEM-2020-2-254