Metal forging industry is an important manufacturing field, its products are widely used in machinery, automotive, aerospace and other fields. However, the traditional manufacturing industry is often accompanied by resource consumption, environmental pollution and other issues, therefore, the metal forging industry has also begun to pay attention to green manufacturing and sustainable development. This paper will focus on the green manufacturing of metal forgings and sustainable development practice to discuss.
Green manufacturing refers to the continuous adoption of advanced technologies and means, the requirements of environmental protection, energy saving, resource utilization efficiency and other aspects into the whole process of product manufacturing, to achieve the dual goals of economic benefits and environmental benefits. For the metal forging industry, the necessity and importance of green manufacturing is self-evident. First of all, as consumers’ requirements for environmental protection and health continue to increase, the implementation of green manufacturing helps to meet market demand and improve product competitiveness. Secondly, green manufacturing is conducive to reducing production costs, improving resource utilization efficiency, and bringing more economic benefits to enterprises. Finally, green manufacturing contributes to the achievement of Sustainable development Goals and enhances corporate social responsibility.
In the metal forging industry, green manufacturing technology mainly includes clean production, resource recycling, energy conservation and other aspects. Cleaner production refers to the reduction of pollutant emissions in the production process by means of improving the process, updating the equipment and optimizing the management. For example, the use of efficient dust removal equipment, reasonable arrangement of production processes and other measures to reduce dust and waste gas emissions. Resource recycling refers to the classification, treatment and reuse of waste generated in the production process of enterprises to improve the efficiency of resource utilization. For example, waste metal, waste oil and other wastes are recycled and reused to reduce the consumption of raw materials. Energy conservation refers to improving energy efficiency through the selection of low energy consumption equipment, optimizing energy use management and other means. For example, the use of energy-saving lamps, reasonable arrangement of production plans and other measures to reduce energy waste.
In addition to promoting green manufacturing technologies in the production process, the hardware forgings industry also needs to focus on sustainable development practices. Sustainable development practice refers to integrating environmental protection and social responsibility into enterprise management and operation to achieve coordinated development of economy, society and environment. Specific measures include corporate social responsibility, environmental protection equipment and technological innovation.
Corporate social responsibility refers to that in the process of operation, in addition to pursuing economic benefits, enterprises should actively fulfill social responsibilities and pay attention to environmental protection, public welfare and other fields. For example, enterprises can carry out environmental publicity activities to raise employees’ environmental awareness; Actively participate in environmental protection public welfare activities and promote the common concern of the community about environmental protection.
Environmental protection equipment and technological innovation refers to the introduction or research and development of advanced environmental protection equipment and technology in the production process to reduce energy consumption and emissions in the production process. For example, the introduction of efficient dust removal equipment, the development of new energy-saving technology. In addition, enterprises can also promote the integrated development of industry, university and research through cooperation with scientific research institutions, and improve the technical level and innovation ability of enterprises.
In order to better promote green manufacturing and sustainable development practices, the metal forgings industry needs to be combined with the actual situation to develop specific implementation plans and measures. For example, formulate an enterprise environmental management system to clarify the responsibilities and obligations of managers and employees at all levels in environmental protection; Promote cleaner production technology to reduce pollutant discharge; Strengthen resource recycling and improve resource utilization efficiency; Carry out technological innovation, research and development of new environmental protection products.
In short, the implementation of green manufacturing and sustainable development practices in the metal forging industry is an inevitable trend to achieve the coordinated development of economy, society and the environment. By adopting advanced green manufacturing technologies and sustainable development practices, enterprises can improve their competitiveness, reduce production costs, enhance social responsibility, and achieve sustainable development goals. In the future, the metal forgings industry should further increase investment in green manufacturing and sustainable development, strengthen technological innovation and marketing, and promote the transformation of the entire industry to green manufacturing and sustainable development.
