Title :
Determining optimum and suboptimum disassembly sequences with an application to a cell phone
Author :
Lambert, A.J.D. ; Gupta, Surendra M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Technol. Manage., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
We study the disassembly process of a moderately complex consumer product (cell phone) consisting of 25 components. The investigation involves a heuristically solved disassembly line balancing problem and the determination of an appropriate disassembly sequence influenced by sequence-dependent costs, which is based on a novel combination of exact and heuristic algorithms. The issue of generating various suboptimum solutions to cope with multiple optimization criteria is also discussed
Keywords :
assembling; consumer products; mobile handsets; optimisation; recycling; cell phone; disassembly line balancing problem; disassembly process; moderately complex consumer product; optimum disassembly sequences; sequence-dependent costs; suboptimum disassembly sequences; Assembly systems; Cellular phones; Consumer products; Costs; Heuristic algorithms; Integer linear programming; Laboratories; Manufacturing processes; Technology management; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Assembly and Task Planning: From Nano to Macro Assembly and Manufacturing, 2005. (ISATP 2005). The 6th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9080-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISATP.2005.1511483
