How can assembly line manufacturers adopt sustainable and green practices?

It's interesting to see how the Assembly line is viewed as the 2nd Industrial Revolution. - The 1st Industrial Revolution was the invention of steam engine, power loom, and the spinning jenny, which revolutionized textile production. - The 2nd Industrial Revolution was marked by the advent of new technologies such as the telegraph, telephone, and electric power, which facilitated the mass production of goods on the assembly line. - The 3rd revolution was the Digital Revolution, adoption of computers, robotics, PLCs, Vision systems, and other digital technologies The 4th Industrial revolution was the integration of physical and digital together for technologies such as artificial intelligence, ML, wearable devices, & data accessibility.

Anyone who has ever owned or led a manufacturing business knows the importance of efficiency! Efficiency is critical to getting your orders out on time (on-time delivery), reducing labor and material waste, and ultimately increasing profitability. The assembly line is a key element to an efficient manufacturing process. It keeps processes moving and finished goods shipping!

The future of the assembly line is likely to involve increasing automation, customization, sustainability practices, human-robot collaboration, and digitalization. These factors will shape the evolution of manufacturing processes to meet changing market demands while ensuring efficiency and sustainability.

Greener less polluting factory chemicals than MEK, for instance, need acceptance by the engineers and factory. For example acetone or citrus cleaners take more effort and have more steps than cleaning with MEK. Buy-in is difficult due to factory resistance to solvent smells, additional effort, different PPE, or other unforeseen issues. Engineering needs to buy into the new solvent due to the warranty issues that may present themselves in downstream processes such as painting and structure sealing.

When Infinity Lube is applied to the assembly line applications you will successfully complete your sustainable green program by: Reducing environmental impacts such as energy consumption up to 35%. Reduce carbon emissions. Eliminate heavy metal fallout. Eliminate PFAS, and forever chemicals. Reduce waste 50%+. Reduce resource depletion by being proactive not reactive. Extend MEAN Time 700+%. Improve employee well-being by eliminating toxic chemicals from the environment. Customer satisfaction with improved quality and sustained reliable manufacturing. Infinity Lube achieves this by being a 100% Bio-Based metal conditioning in place induction harding lubricant that eliminates friction 90% and arrests wear 700%. Contact me to learn more.

Smart Systems implementation will be linked to digitilization robotics development, automation and artificial intelligence-based processes. These systems are built on technologies that enable sensors, databases, and wireless to collaborate, adapt, and adjust their behaviour in response to their surroundings and users. They can learn, use experience, predict future behaviour, and employ self management and self regulation abilities. Sustainability will be intended to change the world and make manufacturing more sustainable while also allowing businesses to significantly increase operational efficiency and reduce costs by adopting smart technologies at every value chain stage.

In 2023, Gen Y consumers are increasingly demanding the products they buy are manufactured sustainably. In addition, Gen Y workers are selective about where they work and they desire to be employed by sustainable companies. Social media allows consumers and prospective employees to research the sustainably practices of companies. We also know that Gen Y are big-time influencers of older generations. We listen to them. Bottom-line, if you want to thrive as a business, you must take sustainability seriously and aggressively pursue GREEN!