Title :
A design for recycling technique for optimizing resource circulation characteristics of products
Author :
Kondo, Yasuo ; Hirai, Ko-suke ; Obata, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Div. of Environ. Syst. in Production, Tottori Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A design for recycling technique was developed for evaluating the disassembly and resource. circulation characteristics from the design data on CAD software. The product component tree, disassembly curve, reduction characteristics map and resource circulation index showed a good performance for evaluating the disassembly and resource circulation characteristics. An advanced product design support tool was also originated for improving the disassembly and. resource circulation characteristics. The case study on a notepad-type PC showed that the depletion of parts number by material unification had a better effect on improving the disassembly and resource circulation characteristics of the notepad-type PC than the parts number depletion by integration of UNIT components
Keywords :
CAD; design for environment; notebook computers; product development; recycling; resource allocation; trees (mathematics); virtual machines; CAD software; UNIT components; advanced product design support tool; case study; design data; design for recycling technique; disassembly characteristics; disassembly curve; manufacturing industries; material unification; note-type PC; notepad-type PC; parts number; parts number depletion; product component tree; product resource circulation characteristics; reduction characteristics map; resource circulation index; Assembly; Costs; Design automation; Design optimization; Manufacturing industries; Product design; Production systems; Recycling; Software design; Software tools;
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/.2001.992382
