PRODUCT DISASSEMBLY SEQUENCES APPROACH IN THE EARLY STAGES OF PRODUCT DESIGN
DS 32: Proceedings of DESIGN 2004, the 8th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2004
Editor: Marjanovic D.
Author: Kljajin, M.; Opalić, M.
Section: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF DESIGN
Page(s): 1093 - 1098
Abstract
The authors are investigating procedures, which can be used to assess service difficulties and costs at the early stages of product design. A central part of this work is generation of required disassembly sequences for identified service or repair items or for recycling at the end of product life. This paper describes a model of assemblies/disassemblies, which has been developed for this purpose with the associated search algorithms. To facilitate the required search procedures, the concept of a disassembly diagram was introduced. The relationships between this diagram, the assembly model and the search procedures are illustrated in the paper by a simple example.
Keywords: product structuring, design for disassembly, optimisation techniques