Energy efficiency in mass customized production of wooden doors

Appropriate environmental policy management, including taking care of environmental aspects such as raw material consumption, energy consumption and waste management, is currently one of the most important areas for development and improvement in production plants. One way to achieve better resource management is to automate production. It is known that thanks to the use of automated devices, high precision and machining quality are ensured, as well as the possibility of customized production. In addition, a company can reduce the overmeasure of material for processing, reducing the consumption of raw material and the amount of generated waste. However, it is not known how much the automation of wooden door production line modules and the related efficiency increase has an impact on electricity consumption. Therefore, the aim of this article was to determine the influence of the operation of selected modules of the automated line for processing of TechnoPORTA door leaves on their energy consumption. The tested line modules have a lower energy demand than the previously used reference technological line. This also means that the automation of the technological line resulting from the introduction of the concept of mass customization has increased energy efficiency.