DocumentCode :
2592822
Title :
Life cycle design for inverse manufacturing
Author :
KIMURA, Fumihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Precision Machinery Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan
fYear :
1999
fDate :
1-3 Feb 1999
Firstpage :
995
Lastpage :
999
Abstract :
For achieving feasible product performance throughout the whole life cycle of products, a new approach to product life cycle design, called inverse manufacturing, is proposed, where products are designed for their entire life cycle from product conception to final reuse/recycling or disposal. In this approach, it is important to set up an appropriate product life cycle according to the requirements by the customers. In order to facilitate product design, particularly in conceptual phase, four types of typical product life cycle are proposed in this paper: from simple and complete reuse of whole products to very long life products with heavy maintenance. For the same kinds of products, different product life cycle can be selected according to the difference of product requirements. Simulation of life cycle performance with respect to various environmental factors is performed for optimizing the selection of life cycle types for specific product design. Several preliminary case studies have been performed for further development of the design method
Keywords :
design for environment; product development; recycling; environmental factors; final reuse; inverse manufacturing; life cycle design; life cycle types selection; product conception; product design; product disposal; product life cycle design; product performance; product recycling; Manufacturing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 1999. Proceedings. EcoDesign '99: First International Symposium On
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0007-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.1999.747754
Filename :
747754
Link To Document :
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