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  • 14 October 2026 at 09:16 #869395
    andrew998
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      @andrew998

      I’m interested in making our production process more environmentally friendly without significantly increasing operating costs. We use a fair amount of electricity and raw materials, and I’ve noticed that leftover material and unnecessary machine downtime create quite a bit of waste.

      For those working in manufacturing, which changes have made the biggest difference? Have you managed to reduce energy consumption, reuse production waste, or improve material efficiency without affecting product quality?

      I came across this article while researching possible solutions: https://manufacturingworld.net/sustainable-manufacturing-methods/

      I’d appreciate hearing about practical improvements that have worked in real factories.

      14 October 2026 at 10:12 #869408
      Bazyle
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        @bazyle

        As this is mostly a hobby forum you might be better off asking on Practical Machinist. At least as it is a production question they won’t shoot you down as is their reputation with amateurs.

        14 October 2026 at 10:13 #869409
        John Haine
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          @johnhaine32865

          You’re not asking in the right place I think! Not many of us operate factories from our home workshops.

          14 October 2026 at 11:50 #869433
          Huub
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            @huub

            Doing things right the first time is the greatest time, material and money saver. When a started my last job I introduced standards, regulations and all roundness. The crew wasn’t happy at start and found my way of doing things slow. But after 3 years we could manage twice the amount of work, with 10% of the stress and all orders within budget and time.
            So standardize on tools, machines, stock and procedures. Make sure every body can operate all machines, tasks and use the exact same procedures. There still room for specialization and experimentation but the every day work should be done by every one in the same way so results and execution time are highly predictable.

            14 October 2026 at 14:17 #869451
            HOWARDT
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              @howardt

              From a machine tool background, dont oversize anything.  In days of old things were built like the proverbial brick houses and ran forever.  These days cutting processes take less power.  I have witnessed machines drawing a fraction of the design input power so the machine is bigger than necessary.

              14 October 2026 at 16:41 #869507
              ega
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                @ega

                andrew998:

                More power to your eco-elbow and, meantime, may I have some of your leftover materials?

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