Multi-criteria decision-making for the life cycle of sustainable high pressure die casting products

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作者
Pagone E. [1 ]
Papanikolaou M. [1 ]
Salonitis K. [1 ]
Jolly M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
Automotive products; Foundries; High pressure die casting; HPDC; Key performance indicators; KPIs; Lifecycle analysis; Manufacturing systems; Material selection; MCDM; Multi-criteria decision making; Sustainability metrics; Sustainable development;
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10.1504/IJSM.2020.107140
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In the scientific literature there is a scarcity of comprehensive and organic studies on performance indicators encompassing sustainability and their influence on decision-making. This work aims at selecting the most suitable material to manufacture an automotive component using a high pressure die casting (HPDC) process according to four classes of metrics: cost, time, quality and sustainability. The performance of three different alloys (aluminium-A380, magnesium-AZ91D and zinc-ZA8) was evaluated considering overall product life cycle aspects and process characteristics through a deterministic technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). Results show that the zinc alloy should be chosen on a unit mass-basis mainly thanks to its significantly superior quality and sustainability performance. This study demonstrates that the inclusion of the sustainability dimension in a multi-criteria decision analysis context challenges well-established material selection trends in the automotive industry developed during the past decades. © 2020 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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页码:101 / 120
页数:19
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