Integrated approach for disassembly processes generation and recycling evaluation of an end-of-life product
Résumé
This paper presents an integrated approach for noble recycling putting forward the functional value of products and components. In a first step, the approach determines all feasible automatic disassembly sequences and in a second step all applicable recycling activities. This allows determining the most appropriate recycling process for an end-of-life product considering concurrent recycling techniques. The feasible automatic disassembly sequences are established by simulation in a virtual environment. The required generic disassembly product model, as well as the generic disassembly activity model, is presented by means of static and dynamic object-oriented diagrams. The recycling evaluation establishes an efficient solution responding to economic and ecological decision criteria. It is calculated applying a Goal-Programming approach transforming the multi-objective linear problem into a mono-criteria linear program. The techno-economic decision model applied is Linear Activity Analysis. It allows integrating the generated disassembly processes on the basis of single disassembly activities as well as other recycling techniques.