Presenting the concept of green manufacturing in a comprehensive manner, Green Manufacturing covers green technologies for advanced manufacturing systems, and discusses circular economy, and waste management.

This book:

• Presents a transition from conventional manufacturing to green manufacturing and discusses innovative technical ideas for production.
• Discusses concepts, methods, and strategies for zero waste in manufacturing, implementation, and analysis of clean energy.
• Includes cutting-edge case studies adopted in the industrial sectors, quoting the need for and importance of supply chain management.
• Covers additive manufacturing for sustainable design and production, and lean manufacturing.
• Explains nature-inspired biomaterials, renewable biocomposites, circular economy, and waste management.

The text is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of manufacturing engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, and aerospace engineering.

S. Suresh Kumar is presently working as an associate professor, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Tamil Nadu, India. His area of research includes the fabrication of materials, processing, and characterization of materials. He has published more than fifty research papers in international journals and conferences.

S. Thirumalai Kumaran is currently working as an associate professor, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, India. He has also worked as a Research Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He has published over 100 SCI/Scopus-indexed journals with over 2000 citations.