DocumentCode
3301051
Title
Saving product lives in global and local remanufacturing networks: a scientific and commercial work report and an outlook
Author
Steinhilper, Rolf ; Brent, Chem Eng Alan
Author_Institution
Bayreuth Univ., Germany
fYear
2003
fDate
8-11 Dec. 2003
Firstpage
297
Lastpage
302
Abstract
Remanufacturing is becoming the standard term for recycling by manufacturing "good as new" products from used products. The paper presents 10 thesis to characterize the perspectives of remanufacturing such as markets and legislation, global dimensions, managing safety and reliability issues, essential strategy for affordable spare parts, reuse and repair concepts, multiple and migratory use of products, product cleaning process and test routines, profit from networking and product remanufacturing to modernisation factories.
Keywords
design for environment; product design; production facilities; recycling; reliability; legislation; local remanufacturing networks; markets; modernisation factories; product cleaning process; product life; recycling; reliability issues; repair concepts; safety issues; spare parts; Environmental factors; Reliability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2003. EcoDesign '03. 2003 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8590-x
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECODIM.2003.1322679
Filename
1322679
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