APPLICATION OF WORK-MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS TO PRODUCT DISASSEMBLY FOR RECYCLING

Authors
Citation
E. Kroll, APPLICATION OF WORK-MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS TO PRODUCT DISASSEMBLY FOR RECYCLING, Concurrent engineering, research and applications, 4(2), 1996, pp. 149-158
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering
ISSN journal
1063293X
Volume
4
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
149 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-293X(1996)4:2<149:AOWATP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A method for evaluating the ease of disassembly of products is introdu ced. Its primary use is in designing products for recycling and making environmentally-related decisions, but it is also relevant to servici ng and maintenance. The evaluation procedure is centered around a spre adsheet-like chart and uses a catalog of task difficulty scores. The s cores were derived from work-measurement analyses of standard disassem bly tasks and provide a means of identifying weaknesses in the design and comparing alternatives quantitatively. The procedure of applying w ork-measurement analysis to disassembly tasks is described and demonst rated in detail. A relatively simple example of disassembly evaluation of a computer drives assembly illustrates the use of the method and i ts implementation as a design tool.