A new modularization method of heavy-duty machine tool for green remanufacturing

Abstract

The green remanufacturing constitutes a type of recycling form that adapts to ecological and economic requirements and an important part of the advanced manufacturing technology. In order to improve the green remanufacturing capacity of heavy-duty machine tools, in this paper a heavy-duty machine tool module division method for green remanufacturing was proposed. The main lines were based on the four design domains of axiomatic design and innovatively extended to the remanufacturing domain. In the design stage, the process of remanufacturing was considered. The modular clustering algorithm based on atomic theory was employed, which was associated with the correlation and similarity between the design parameters in the structure domain and the remanufacturing domain, for the ideal modules of heavy-duty machine tools to be discovered. Finally, a heavy-duty gantry milling machine is used as an example to verify the validity of the proposed method.

A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Remanufacturing Research

“…Regarding design and development, many studies in the literature, such as Cheng et al [70], have discussed the remanufacturing phases, where a heavy-duty machine tool method was proposed for green remanufacturing. The axiomatic design was used along with an algorithm based on atomic theory utilization in the study.…”

“…The study extended the design process into many different domains, including customer domain and process domain. Similarly, a heavy-duty gantry milling machine was used to verify the method used by Cheng et al [70] for green manufacturing of heavy-duty machine tools. Their module contributed to design efficiency support in remanufacturing.…”

An integrated product modularity method based on transfer network of failure mode‐recycling decision for remanufacturing

“…Smith and Yen 13 proposed a method of product modularity for green design using atomic theory considering green constraints, such as material compatibility, recyclability, and disassemblability. Cheng et al 15 proposed a module division method of the heavy‐duty machine tool for green remanufacturing based on axiomatic design, and extended the process of remanufacturing to design domains, but did not consider the characteristics of various stages of the product life cycle. Sakundarini et al 12 identified the relationship between product end of life strategies and modular design from the aspects of functionality, structure, disassembly ability and materials.…”

“…The functions of a product are satisfied by physical structures composed of components. The strength between components affected by function is evaluated by how important the two components contribute to the realization of the function 15 …”

“…Nowadays, modularity in product design has been expanded to wider applications in the industry 12 . Modular design is also an effective method to support green manufacturing, including product end of life, remanufacturing, and so on 13‐15 . Though it is crucial to bring remanufacturing concept into products at the planning stage, it is difficult to specify remanufacturing characteristics for each component of the product.…”