Environmental Issues in Vehicle Design and Manufacturing

Contains papers presented at the following sessions of the SAE 2001 World Congress: 'Design for the Environment', 'Life Cycle', 'Vehicle Recycling', 'Regulatory and Policy Session', and 'Design and Manufacture for the Environment'. CONTENTS INCLUDE: Supply Chain Management: Responding to aOffsiteA Environmental Management; FMEA-Based Design for Remanufacture Using Automotive-Remanufacturer Data; Environment-Friendly Fluxless Soldering Process for High Sealing Ability on Pressure Sensors; Wet Versus Dry Turning: A Comparison of Machining Costs, Product Quality, and Aerosol Formation; GMBONDTM Process: An Environmentally Friendly Sand Binder System; Recovery of Waste Polystyrene Generated by Lost Foam Technology in the Automotive Industry; The Influence of an Oil Recycler on Emissions with Oil Age for a Refuse Truck Using in Service Testing; Real-Time Integrated Economic and Environmental Performance Monitoring of a Production Facility; GREENING THE SUPPLY CHAIN: Bottom-Line Advantage Through Management System Integration; Development of the Chemical Recycling Technology of Glass Fiber Reinforced PA6 Parts; Size Reduction and Material Separation Technologies for the Recovery of Automotive Interior Trim ABS and PP Plastics from Dismantled End-of-Life Vehicles: Preliminary Research into Continuous Processing; Masticated Rubber: A Recycling Success Story; Improvements in Lubricating Oil Quality by an On Line Oil Recycler for a Refuse Truck Using in Service Testing; Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Systems Analysis Approach; Future Light-Duty Vehicles: Predicting their Fuel Consumption and Carbon-Reduction Potential; Managing Regulatory Content. 001 0768007305