Title :
Design for environment can be profitable-a case study of the paper feeder in the IBM printer 4234
Author :
Lundgren, Jonas ; Franzén, Bertil ; Storakers, Jonas
Author_Institution :
Swedish Inst. of Prod. Eng. Res., Linkoping, Sweden
Abstract :
This paper describes how to redesign an old design to fulfil environmental constraints, i.e. re-use, recycling, substitution of hazardous processes. The new design is far easier to disassemble and is also easier to assemble. The production cost is also reduced (approx. 200 SEK or 25 US Dollars per unit) for the new paper feeder because of the change of manufacturing method. The usage of the new manufacturing method will probably be less environmentally hazardous
Keywords :
concurrent engineering; design engineering; matrix printers; IBM printer 4234; design for environment; environmental constraints; environmental design; hazardous processes substitution; manufacturing method; paper feeder; production cost reduction; re-use; recycling; Assembly; Computer aided software engineering; Costs; Doped fiber amplifiers; Printers; Printing; Process design; Product design; Production engineering; Recycling;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 1994. ISEE 1994., Proceedings., 1994 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1769-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1994.337300
