Recycling-oriented information management: A prerequisite for life cycle engineering

• D. SPATH ^[1] ; M. HARTEL ^[1] ; C. TRITSCH ^[1]
  1. [1] Science University of Karlsruhe (GER)
• Localización: Journal of Engineering Design, ISSN 0954-4828, Vol. 7, Nº. 3, 1996, págs. 251-264
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Today's development of technical products that are fit for the market is characterized by the necessity to take the complete life cycle of a product into consideration at an early stage in decision-making processes. This information on the product life cycle and corresponding support mechanisms must be supplied accompanying the developmental stage but also for planning disassembly/recycle processes. This contribution presents a computer-aided tool for product development with disassembly and recycle adequacy, with an emphasis on the life cycle oriented assessment of product alternatives. Based on a joint database and integrating current marginal conditions, an approach for determining the economically optimized disassembly extent is subsequently described as basis for future-oriented recycle processes. The described software tools will support the recycling-oriented information management from product development up to disposal of technical products,