Efficiency and feasibility of product disassembly: A case-based study

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 583-600

  Duflou, J R ^a   Seliger, G ^b   Kara, S ^c   Umeda, Y ^d   Ometto, A ^e   Willems, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Department of Production Engineering   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disassembly; End of life treatment; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPETITION; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DATA MINING TECHNIQUES; DESIGN MEASURES; DISASSEMBLY; DISASSEMBLY OPERATIONS; ECONOMIC MODELS; END OF LIVES; END-OF-LIFE TREATMENT; EXTERNAL-; LOW COSTS; MAJOR FACTORS; PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS; PRODUCT STREAMS; PROMISING APPROACHES; PURE MATERIALS; WASTE OF ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 56149103746     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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