DocumentCode
745972
Title
Measuring your ecodesign [end-of-life disassembly]
Author
Knight, Winston ; Curtis, Mark
Author_Institution
Ind. & Manuf. Eng. Dept., Rhode Island Univ., Wakefield, RI, USA
Volume
81
Issue
2
fYear
2002
fDate
4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
64
Lastpage
69
Abstract
The authors describe the development of a software tool for determining the financial and environmental effects of end-of-life disassembly. A procedure for optimising the disassembly sequence to release valuable or environmentally beneficial items as early as possible is included
Keywords
CAD; design for environment; ecology; environmental science computing; financial data processing; life cycle costing; optimisation; recycling; software packages; disassembly sequence optimisation procedure; early release; ecodesign measurement; end-of-life disassembly; environmental effects; environmentally beneficial items; financial effects; software package; valuable items;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Manufacturing Engineer
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0956-9944
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/me:20020204
Filename
1001674
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