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Non-traditional mechanizing methods aid the traditional mechanizing methods and are in the successful development meant and used in most areas, especially in aerospace industries. However, there are some drawbacks, and these processes have some major sustainability issues which are not suitable for the environment and future energy resources. The primary sustainability issues faced in non-conventional machining are: It produces hazardous and toxic gases and is environmentally not good for the worker’s health. Production of electromagnetic waves along with environmental pollutants extensively produces heat and spark in some cases. Production of decomposed material and bulky metal wastes in massive amounts will lead to its collection. High consumption of electricity makes the process less efficient and also non-sustainable. This paper is oriented to recognize the sustainability issues faced in the non-conventional machining processes in-depth and provide a theoretical approach for the solution model, which can be further designed experimentally as an extension to this. This paper aims to overcome the issues mentioned above one by one and provide a single solution model targeting all the common problems faced, which can be adopted quickly without any significant replacements to the existing systems.
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Kiran, Tomar, H., Gupta, N. (2021). Sustainability Concerns of Non-conventional Machining Processes—An Exhaustive Review. In: Agrawal, R., Jain, J.K., Yadav, V.S., Manupati, V.K., Varela, L. (eds) Recent Advances in Smart Manufacturing and Materials. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3033-0_25
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