Nowadays de-manufacturing, the processes finalized to the re-manufacturing, re-use and recycling of products and components, is still considered as a minor industry reflecting no-engineered approaches. The unsustainability of actual business models is particularly evident for the management of end-of-life of mechatronic devices, since their diffusion is quickly increasing and they are largely composed of key-metals and rare earths that can be recovered and re-cycled. Only a new paradigm, where de-manufacturing is considered and practiced by industrial companies at the same extent of manufacturing, should allow a sustainable product life-cycle. This wide challenging target needs a novel multidisciplinary perspective where de-manufacturing business models, system engineering, product design, IT-enabled plant management methods and tools, intelligent automation, process technologies for disassembly, remanufacturing and materials recycling are integrated as the constitutive elements of new de-manufacturing factories. Within this scope, this paper critically reviews past research in these areas and outlines future priorities.
Integrated De‐ Manufacturing Systems as New Approach To End‐Of‐Life Management Of Mechatronic Devices
COLLEDANI, MARCELLO;TOLIO, TULLIO ANTONIO MARIA
2012-01-01
Abstract
Nowadays de-manufacturing, the processes finalized to the re-manufacturing, re-use and recycling of products and components, is still considered as a minor industry reflecting no-engineered approaches. The unsustainability of actual business models is particularly evident for the management of end-of-life of mechatronic devices, since their diffusion is quickly increasing and they are largely composed of key-metals and rare earths that can be recovered and re-cycled. Only a new paradigm, where de-manufacturing is considered and practiced by industrial companies at the same extent of manufacturing, should allow a sustainable product life-cycle. This wide challenging target needs a novel multidisciplinary perspective where de-manufacturing business models, system engineering, product design, IT-enabled plant management methods and tools, intelligent automation, process technologies for disassembly, remanufacturing and materials recycling are integrated as the constitutive elements of new de-manufacturing factories. Within this scope, this paper critically reviews past research in these areas and outlines future priorities.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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