Sustainable Engineering

Have you read the latest issue of Sustainable Engineering Magazine? Learn about the value of environmental product declarations for suppliers and clients with David Bjerhag from ABB Motion. Discover the symbiosis of sustainability, durability and obsolescence management which lies at the heart of responsible product design with Stephen Morris and Ken Greenwood from Rochester Electronics EMEA. Go behind the scenes of UL Certification: a milestone in sustainable PCB innovation with Stephen Driver from Jiva Materials Ltd. Step onto the stand of Force Technologies Limited to learn more about tackling e-waste at the micron level with Charlotte Hughes AIIOM. Read these stories in full, plus many more in our digital, free to access magazine: https://lnkd.in/emuiNZnB With thanks to NCAB Group UK Ltd, Bear Instruments and Space-Comm Expo.

ABB are at the forefront of sustainable innovation, thanks to David Bjerhag for speaking with us for the cover story of SE Magazine Issue 6. Learn more ⬇️

Fantastic day at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, learning about the sustainability innovations of exhibitors. It was great to catchup with ⭐Noel Humphrey from Electron Electronics with a focus on lightweight solutions and tracing raw materials. Josh Blades MCIPS at Osprey Plastics shared their ISO 14001 accomplishment and dedication to the circular economy. We spoke to Freda King from WIN SOURCE to learn more about the obscolecence side of the business. Colin Dand from Design Packaging Group Limited shared their environmental commitments from the perspective of recyclable materials and durability. Haala Ahmed Sudi from IMI Norgren shared their latest technologies with us, see photos attached. We are excited to closely follow what IMI is doing in the world of sustainability. Stephen Blair from Polymer Compounders Limited shared their innovative Notoxicom brand of polymeric flame-retardant materials. Learn more on their page. Thanks also to: David English, Helen Bicknell from NCAB Group UK Ltd, Anne-Marie Ogden, Elaine Cobb, BEng, Jake Holmes, Nicola Dean from Rochester Electronics EMEA for the great conversations. Follow Sustainable Engineering for more stories and innovations such as these in more detail. #manufacturing #sustainability #engineering #innovation #environment

Have you read the latest issue (Issue 6) of SE Magazine? This month we focused on: - Extreme Product durability - Shifting left - Small buildings make big energy savings and more... Read Issue 6 here: https://lnkd.in/eBDbJMkG We are Sustainable Engineering a low carbon platform, website and hybrid digital magazine that covers all engineering topics with a focus on campaigning for sustainable design. This issue is brought to you by: ABB Motion, Bear Instruments, Jiva Materials Ltd, NCAB Group UK Ltd, Rochester Electronics EMEA, Force Technologies Limited, Space-Comm Expo. #sustainability #engineering #magazine #digital

Exciting opportunity this month! Sustainable Engineering are looking for contributions from Space-Comm Expo exhibitors to our digital magazine show preview which will be live in February, highlighting sustainable product design. This preview will focus on key sustainability pillars such as functional efficiency, durability, minimisation and circularity. If these words align with your brand, we want to hear from you. Opportunities are available for complimentary press release submission as well as paid collaboration. Be a part of the Sustainable Engineering Magazine show preview for Space-Comm and align your brand with sustainable design. Contact Max Barrett on 01227 656 115 or email max.barrett@sustainable.engineering Visit Space-Comm Expo, ExCeL London 11-12 March: https://lnkd.in/eFh7zse4

Clean Energy Day is upon us. Over the last two years, Sustainable Engineering has had a ‘laser like’ focus on the investments the engineering sector is making into clean energy. What we have discovered is fascinating. Across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, manufacturers are pouring resources into clean energy, either applying it to their own processes or deploying their latest technologies to support the growth of clean energy. How do we know this, because we spend plenty of time on the road witnessing these innovations first hand and fact checking those we can’t physically reach. From a micro manufacturer deploying solar panels and LED lighting at its unit, to international giants transitioning their heavy equipment and processes to electricity and hydrogen, we’ve seen it all. And this is just the beginning. If you are an engineering company investing in clean technology, tell us what you are doing so we can share it with the world. Then join us on our journey to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing world wide. #cleanenergyday

Sustainable Engineering could not let Circular Electronics Day pass without a quick summary of our pillars of sustainable design. Embodied carbon Your bill-of-materials offers opportunities to reduce embodied carbon through careful design and technology choice. Durability Target R&D at durability weak links and use them as opportunities. Functional efficiency Keep pace with electronics innovations. Most, will exhibit reduced energy consumption. Minimisation Use new CAD technology to optimise designs for minimum material use. Consider additive manufacturing. Weight reduction Weight reduction improves dynamic response and reduces energy consumption. Choose lightweight components/materials. Integration ‘Integrated circuit’ says it all. Where possible adopt integrated solutions, such as modules, which can offer multiple sustainability benefits.   Reliability Improving reliability reduces maintenance. Keep an eye on components' mean-time-between-failure data. Recycled content From reclaiming semiconductor die to switching to recycled engineering polymers, explore recycled material technologies. Non-hazardous materials Keep up to date on hazardous material compliance such as PFAS. It benefits your company, customers and the environment. Design for assembly Reduce the energy and resources required to manufacture products by adopting best practice design for assembly techniques. Packaging Avoid or minimise. If packaging is required, optimise materials that are part of an existing, functioning and accepted recycling infrastructure. Transport It’s common for electronic products to travel long distances. Plan ahead and let your products travel slowly by sea. Design for disassembly Make it easy to disassemble products for maintenance, repair and end-of-life. Maintainability Make products easy to maintain, thus improving durability and reducing energy and resource use. Repairability If something does fail, make it easy to repair. Can the failed part be repaired, reused, upcycled or, if necessary, easily recycled. Upgradeability Maximise durability via upgradeability. Identify the components that impact durability and modularise them. Reuse When a product has reached its useful life in its original application, could it be down cycled and used again? Recyclability How easy is it to recycle a product’s constituent parts? The materials will have value provided they can be extracted and repurposed. Let’s conclude with a classic example of a new technology contributing to multiple sustainability pillars in the form of Jiva Materials Ltd’ Soluboard, a world first in low carbon, recyclable and biodegradable PCB substrates. It’s UL approved, PTH compatible and under evaluation by some of the world’s largest OEMs. Proof the above can and is being done. Sustainable Engineering Stephen Driver Jack Herring

Sustainable Engineering is proud to be media partners for Space-Comm Expo, taking place at Excel London on 11-12 March. Space-Comm is "the UK’s leading event for the space industry with over 200 exhibitors, 120+ speakers and, 5,000 attendees." Learn more and sign up for free here: https://lnkd.in/eu-k3MDk Will you be attending? Comment below and let us know ⤵️ #space #spacecomm #mediapartner #engineering #sustainability

On the road! Jonathan Barrett FRSA and I from Sustainable Engineering visited Jiva Materials Ltd today. What did we get up to? • Dissolved two PCBs using different substrate formulations. • Took a guided tour of the laboratory. • Interviewed CEO Stephen Driver for a series of technical and news articles across the year. • Conducted a flame test. • Explored the ball pressure test. • Looked at the individual constituent materials required to manufacture Soluboard, including the reinforcement fibre, polymer (including fillers and flame retardant) and copper foils. All the above will be featured in SE Magazine in coming months. As an added bonus, we were kindly gifted a collection of Sock Geeks socks which we will be proudly modelling as the year unfolds. If you would like to support the global engineering design community in reducing the environmental impact of manufactured products with similar engagement regarding your sustainable engineering technologies, products, materials and services then consider joining the Sustainable Engineering Partner Programme by messaging me directly.

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