Sustainable and Energy Efficient Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

International audienceReconfigurable manufacturing systems are not only new manufacturing paradigm offering a customized flexibility. They are also a basis to develop new generation of sustainable production systems. A promising way toward the sustainable production passes through the design and intensive development of reconfigurable manufacturing systems. The objective is to increase the life cycle, take into account the end of life and to decrease the energy consumption and gas emissions. In this chapter, the state of the art is analyzed from this perspective and five new avenues of research are proposed