Title :
Intelligent disassembly of electr(on)ic equipment
Author :
Knoth, R. ; Hoffmann, M. ; Kopacek, B. ; Kopacek, P.
Author_Institution :
Austrian Soc. for Syst. Eng. & Autom., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
Almost all end-of-life possibilities-upgrade, re-use, recycling of materials-require some form of disassembly. Despite the high standard of automation for the assembly of electric and electronic equipment, the standard of automation for disassembling is still very low and therefor dismantling is often done manually. The approach to automate disassembling processes of electr(on)ic equipment with disassembly cells and the development of a flexible semi-automatic disassembly cell for printed circuit boards (PCB) will be described and discussed
Keywords :
assembling; electronic equipment manufacture; intelligent control; recycling; PCB disassembly; automated disassembly; dismantling; electric equipment; electronic equipment; flexible semi-automatic disassembly cell; intelligent disassembly; printed circuit board disassembly; recycling; reuse; upgrade; Consumer electronics; Electronic equipment; Electronic waste; Electronics industry; Environmental economics; Flexible printed circuits; Recycling; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1266-6
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.992423
