Product Design for Automated Remanufacturing—A Case Study of Electric and Electronic Equipment in Sweden

Remanufacturing is one of the main practices toward a circular economy and industrial sustainability. highly dependent on how products are designed developed. can also benefit from automation for efficiency, accuracy flexibility. This paper, via multiple case study, connects three areas remanufacturing, product design investigates facilitate remanufacturing processes. First, guidelines discussed with regard to remanufacturing. Second, potential at remanufacturers electric electronic equipment pinpointed. Finally, connected identified in each process together. According our results, incentives automating processes mainly related work environment, efficiency quality. In addition, several automated processes; instance, standardization components, fasteners tools across different models brands where easily nondestructively be disassembled by robot or machine.