Title :
Measuring your ecodesign [end-of-life disassembly]
Author :
Knight, Winston ; Curtis, Mark
Author_Institution :
Ind. & Manuf. Eng. Dept., Rhode Island Univ., Wakefield, RI, USA
fDate :
4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe the development of a software tool for determining the financial and environmental effects of end-of-life disassembly. A procedure for optimising the disassembly sequence to release valuable or environmentally beneficial items as early as possible is included
Keywords :
CAD; design for environment; ecology; environmental science computing; financial data processing; life cycle costing; optimisation; recycling; software packages; disassembly sequence optimisation procedure; early release; ecodesign measurement; end-of-life disassembly; environmental effects; environmentally beneficial items; financial effects; software package; valuable items;
Journal_Title :
Manufacturing Engineer
DOI :
10.1049/me:20020204
