TY - CHAP A1 - Sproesser, G. A1 - Change, Y.-J. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Finkbeiner, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A2 - Stark, R. A2 - Bonvoisin, J. A2 - Seliger, G. T1 - Sustainable technologies for thick metal plate welding T2 - Sustainable Manufacturing Challenges, Solutions and Implementation Perspectives N2 - Welding is the most important joining technology. In the steel construction industry, e.g. production of windmill sections, welding accounts for a main part of the manufacturing costs and resource consumption. Moreover, social issues attached to welding involve working in dangerous environments. This aspect has unfortunately been neglected so far, in light of a predominant focus on economics combined with a lack of suitable assessment methods. In this chapter, exemplary welding processes are presented that reduce the environmental and social impacts of thick metal plate welding. Social and environmental Life Cycle Assessments for a thick metal plate joint are conducted for the purpose of expressing and analysing the social and environmental impacts of welding. Furthermore, it is shown that state-of-the-art technologies like Gas Metal Arc Welding with modified spray arcs and Laser Arc-Hybrid Welding serve to increase social and environmental performance in contrast to common technologies, and therefore offer great potential for sustainable manufacturing. PB - Springer CY - Cham, Switzerland KW - Human health G. KW - Life cycle assessment (LCA) KW - Arc welding KW - Laser arc-hybrid welding KW - Resource efficiency KW - Social life cycle assessment (SLCA) PY - 2017 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39002 AN - OPUS4-39002 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-390025 SN - 978-3-319-48513-3 SN - 978-3-319-48514-0 SN - 2194-0541 SN - 2194-055X SP - 71 EP - 84 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany