Quantitative assessment of disassembly difficulty in product recycling /

alternative designs to be compared with respect to case-of-

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanft, Thomas Albert, 1970-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:alternative designs to be compared with respect to case-of-
assessing disassembly difficulty.
assessing the difficulty encountered in disassembling
catalog for the tasks involved, and recording the data in a
computer keyboard and CPU. It is concluded that the catalog
Design of products for case-of-disassembly is a key aspect of
disassembly are of great importance. An improved method for
disassembly evaluation method. The evaluation procedure
disassembly evaluation procedure is demonstrated for both a
disassembly task difficulty. The primary objective of the
evaluation procedure. A catalog of quantitative difficulty
for conceptual designs), choosing difficulty scores from the
guidelines, and examples are included in the catalog and aid
involves disassembling a product (or visualizing the process
makes the method an effective tool for identifying and
product recycling. Similarly, design tools which allow
products for recycling is presented. The original version of
provide an analytical means for comparing disassembly tasks.
ratings for common disassembly tasks is generated. The
reduces the subjectivity in assessing task difficulty and
research is to reduce the subjectivity inherent in the
scores are derived from work measurement analyses of the
spreadsheet-like evaluation chart. Task definitions,
tasks and are based published motion-time data. The scores
The catalog is adapted to the previously developed ease-of-
the evaluator in selecting appropriate scores. The revised
the method relies on the evaluator's subjective judgments of
Item Description:"Major subject: Mechanical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 233 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.