• 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