Title :
Material and Process Complexity - Implications for Remanufacturing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Linkoping Inst. of Technol.
Abstract :
Remanufacturing is a complex business. Many different factors and decisions affect the performance of a remanufacturing process. In this paper, four different remanufacturing cases are analyzed in how they manage these complexities. Based on the generic remanufacturing process, remanufacturing can be divided into the five phases of pre-disassembly, disassembly, reprocessing, reassembly and post-assembly. In each of these phases, a discussion is made regarding the specific factors and decisions that influence the order and purpose of the individual operations
Keywords :
assembling; manufacturing processes; recycling; disassembly; generic remanufacturing process; process complexity; reassembly; reprocessing; Inspection; Logistics; Manufacturing processes; Materials handling; Performance evaluation; Process control; Production planning; Systems engineering and theory; Testing; Timing; Decisions; Disassembly; Reassembly; Remanufacturing; Reprocessing;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0081-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619192
