Design for Remanufacturing
- Rochester Inst. of Technology, Rochester, NY (United States)
The objective of this project was to develop relationships between published scholarship, industry experience, and remanufacturing design rules and identify a clear path for integrating remanufacturing design rules into CAD tools and design practices. To accomplish this, remanufacturing knowledge was compiled, and then the relationships between this knowledge and a prioritized set of product design guidelines was developed. Next, a process to create rules out of guidelines was developed by first defining life extension as a primary function, and remanufacturing as effective tasks to control the failure modes that would restrict the product life. The reliability centered maintenance (RCM) process was used to identify proactive tasks and default actions to mitigate the effects of failure modes. These tasks were developed into expert system rules. The impact of design on remanufacturing was then validated through implementing a prioritized set of design rules for a Heavy Duty Off-Road (HDOR) techno-economic case study. Finally, detailed steps on how to define, develop, and integrate these rules into CAD were created.
- Research Organization:
- Rochester Inst. of Technology, Rochester, NY (United States); REMADE Institute of Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance Corp., West Henrietta, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Office (AMMTO); New York State Empire State Development
- Contributing Organization:
- Caterpillar Inc.; Remanufacturing Industries Council
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0007897
- OSTI ID:
- 1876418
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-RIT-0007897-3; 18-02-DE-04
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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