Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10673526 | CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Modular design is an important elemental technique in life cycle design for improving, e.g., maintainability, upgradability, reusability, and recyclability. Appropriate modular structure differs according to applied life cycle options; e.g., while the modular structure for recycling should be based on material kinds, the structure for upgrading should be based on functions to be obsolete. This paper proposes a method for determining modular structure by aggregating various attributes related to a product life cycle and evaluating geometric feasibility of modules. This paper also illustrates the prototype system that implements the proposed method and a case study of a printer.
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Authors
Yasushi Umeda, Shinichi Fukushige, Keita Tonoike, Shinsuke Kondoh,