Remanufacture involves the production-batch disassembly, cleaning, repair or replacement of parts, and reassembly of products for reuse. Parts that cannot be reused by the remanufacturer enter the waste stream, examination of which reveals insights about remanufacture difficulties. Extending beyound a previous study of automotive products, the remanufacturer waste streams of electrical motors, toner cartridges, valves and telephones were analyzed to support product design that facilitates remanufacture. In order to consolidate the data, the root causes and the discard reasons are cross-indexed in tables. These tables provide a reference for designers to incorporate design for remanufacturing in their existing design methodology. Groups of root causes are presented in separate tables. Similar to the groupings of the discard reasons, there is a group of root causes where product design may not be the main influence. The root causes in the remaining three tables are heavily influenced by product design. The results of this research are presented in a format that allows a designer to determine the relevance of the products studied to products being designed.
Analysis of remanufacturer waste streams across product sectors
Analyse der Wiederaufbereitung von Abfallstoffströmen quer durch die Erzeugnissektoren
2001
4 Seiten, 5 Tabellen, 8 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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