A virtual disassembly tool to support environmentally conscious product design

Author

Srinivasan, Hari ; Shyamsundar, N. ; Gadh, Rajit

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

5-7 May 1997

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

12

Abstract

This paper presents a disassembly tool to support environmentally conscious product design. The disassembly tool consists of a software program that gives recommendations to product design based on disassembly analysis. The disassembly analysis consists of product analysis, disassemblability analysis, computing an optimal disassembly sequence and design rating. These considerations make a product easier to disassemble and therefore are beneficial to the environment

Keywords

CAD; computer aided analysis; design engineering; engineering computing; environmental factors; design rating computation; disassembly analysis; environmentally conscious product design; optimal disassembly sequence; product analysis; software program; virtual disassembly tool; Assembly; Design for disassembly; Environmental economics; Legislation; Manufacturing; Mechanical engineering; Product design; Recycling; Software tools; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1997. ISEE-1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3808-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1997.605198

Filename

605198