Analysis of dismantling processes for assessing disassembly effort and ergonomic hazards at the end of life of electronic appliances

ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 204-214

  Harivardhini, S ^a   Chakrabarti, Amaresh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Disassembly effort index (DEI); Disassembly process plan (DPP); End of life (EoL) phase; Ergonomic risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896939106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18196608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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