Title :
A Closed-loop Manufacturing System focusing on Reuse of Components
Author :
Kondoh, Shinsuke ; Nishikiori, Yoshihito ; Umeda, Yasushi
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol.
Abstract :
Environmentally conscious manufacturing has gained more and more interests in recent years. For achieving it, closed-loop manufacturing system where products are made from used products, parts and materials taken-back from market, as well as new ones, should be established. Focusing on factories, complicated fluctuations of amount, quality, and timing of these taken-back resources make effective planning and control of these factories very difficult. In this paper, a conceptual factory model of a closed-loop manufacturing system is designed considering material flow, with these various kinds of fluctuations. It also illustrates a prototype factory model that has developed for aiming at handling these fluctuations
Keywords :
closed loop systems; environmental factors; manufacturing processes; manufacturing systems; product life cycle management; prototypes; recycling; closed-loop manufacturing system; conceptual factory model; environmental factors; material flow; product life cycle; prototype factory model; reusable component; Flow production systems; Fluctuations; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Mass production; Production facilities; Prototypes; Recycling; Routing; Timing; closed-loop manufacturing system; fluctuated return flow of products; inverse manufacturing; prototype model; reuse;
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.2005.1619265
