Laser beam welded structures for a regional aircraft: weight, cost and carbon footprint savings

Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies: A Systematic Review of Latest Trends and Themes

“…Manufacturing processes are of paramount importance for manufacturing organisations [103] and were identified at the heart of sustainable manufacturing technology research, with 87%. Although various process technologies, such as additive manufacturing [104][105][106]; laser manufacturing, which utilises the materials from additive manufacturing [107]; welding [108]; casting [99,109]; and metal forming [110,111] received attention, and machining technology research was established as the main theme, with 47%. This observation further highlights machining's significance among manufacturing processes [112], its sustainability constituting a key research avenue [74,75,77].…”

“…Welding, as an influential process for various manufacturing sectors [27], received significant attention. Sustainability assessment, multicriteria decision-making (MCDM), and welding process parameter optimisation studies for sustainability improvements were carried out for friction stir welding (FSW) [96,119,120], gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) [121][122][123], gas metal arc welding (GMAW) [79,124], and laser beam welding (LBW) [108,125].…”