Optimal disassembly of complex products

Disassembly of Products

Disassembly scheduling for family of products

Once electronic products arrive at the end of their life, they are sent to be disassembled and certain parts are reused or recycled. The out-of-use products that come into a recycling process are of different types. They might be variants of the same product family. These variants are caused by the presence of optional components, functional differences, geometrical features or mark manufacture...

Real Time Balancing of Complex Disassembly Lines

The objective of the Disassembly Line Balancing Problem (DLBP) is to use the resources of the disassembly line as efficiently as possible while meeting the demand. This issue is hard to attempt due to the inherent uncertainties that occur during the process. Starting from real industrial examples, this article presents a simple-to-apply method to accomplish the balancing of complex disassembly ...

Simultaneous Selective Disassembly and End-of-Life Decision Making for Multiple Products That Share Disassembly Operations

Environmental protection legislation, consumer interest in “green” products, a trend toward corporate responsibility and recognition of the potential profitability of salvaging operations, has resulted in increased interest in product take back. However, the cost effectiveness of product take-back operations is hampered by many factors, including the high cost of disassembly and a widely varyin...

Virtual disassembly of products based on geometric models

This paper describes different aspects of a disassembly system and presents the information model to obtain, on the one hand, the movements necessary for removing a component, and, on the other, a simulation of the disassembly process carried out. The inputs of the disassembly system are the CAD model of the product to be disassembled and the different features of the components stored in a dat...