employing remanufactured and refurbished products are among the new strategies that companies used to raise their profits as well as protects environment. although used product equipment gives an opportunity to purchase latest technology, customers are doubtful about quality and reliability of these products. because of limitation that developing countries faces in buying new products, some cou...

Recycling LED lamp technology requires a change from the traditional bulk material-based recovery process. Unlike preceding lighting technology, lamps cannot be recycled to meet regulatory minimum recycling rate of 80% due multi-materials, including small quantity precious metals, which reduce sorting efficiency. Therefore, it is crucial understand how challenges have been approached in scienti...

This paper presents the findings of experimental research carried out at a Caterpillar Remanufacturing facility in the UK into core inspection at the initial stage of remanufacture – Receive Core. The initial analysis of results shows an increase in productivity with increase of inspection but that this increase is finite and over-inspection leads to an overall decrease of productivity and an i...

The automotive industry can benefit from a radically different business model, one that involves less waste, higher customer loyalty, and significantly improved profits. In this report, we propose strategies luxury automobile makers can implement that can revolutionize their business. Instead of selling cars for a one-time profit, manufacturers should switch to a servicebased long-term lease bu...

1 Previously of Michigan Technological University ABSTRACT The remanufacturing industry is rapidly becoming a source of economic growth and environmental benefit. In the past, researchers have presented cost and energy savings due to remanufacturing a variety of products, largely based on the results of industry-wide surveys. However, little or no effort has focused on the life cycle assessment...

With the evolving needs of today’s manufacturing industries in the area of product development, 3D CAD model has become very important. Often in many situations there is a need to remanufacture a physical part where the CAD data is not available with the manufacturer or is lost because of several reasons. In such cases reverse engineering is found to be an effective and efficient tool. Reverse ...

Remanufacturing Laser cladding Inspection Additive Manufacturing (AM) Adaptive machining Hybrid processing Repair Remanufacturing is one of the most efficient ways of recycling worn parts because it consumes only a fraction of the energy, cost, and material required for new parts. Remanufacture of engineering components typically entails serial labor intensive and operator skill sensitive proce...

Better understanding of the current product End-of-life sustainable practices leads to important feedback for the design of more “sustainable” so called eco-products, by identifying the design improvements that reduce the impact of manufactured goods on the environment and society. In this paper, we propose a way to assess the impact on product design that ultimately helps on deciding the produ...

The government as a policy maker wishing to promote remanufacturing and proper disposal of hazardous old products which are harmful to environment has taken many actions, ranging from carbon regulation and financial incentives such as trade-in subsidy. However, carbon tax can result in loss of profit for firms to some degree, so the government has to give other subsidy to balance the profits an...

The condition of the used products acquired by remanufacturing firms often varies widely. A firm can manage this variation by acquiring a quantity of used items that exceeds demand, enabling it to remanufacture a subset of the acquired items in the best condition. As more excess items are acquired, the firm can increase its selectivity and lower its remanufacturing costs. In this paper, we exam...