Multi-Lifecycle Design Strategies: Applications in Plastics for Durable Goods

Sebastian, Donald H.; Xanthos, M.; Ehrenkrantz, Ezra; Leu, Ming C.; Sirkar, Kamalesh K.; Caudill, R.J.; Magee, Richard

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-34981-7_33

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“…The incorporated product features were to enable a product go beyond single lifecycle. The design concepts that facilitate incorporation of such features in a product includes design for assembly, design for disassembly, design for simplicity, design for modularity, design to cost, design for materials and design for use and reuse [2,[9][10][11][12][13][14]. Others are design for manufacturability, design for remanufacturing, and design for packaging [15] as illustrated in Figure 1.…”

Section: Design For Multi-lifecycle (Dfml)mentioning

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Issues in the sustainability of products designed for multi-lifecycle

Dunmade

2014

IJET

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Design for multi-lifecycle (DFML) is a sustainable design approach that seeks to maximize the utility of resources used in developing a product by incorporating features that enable the elongation of the techno-economic service life of that product at the design stage. The goal of DFML is "indefinite" use of the resources invested/embodied in a product without compromising its economic value, technological soundness and socio-cultural acceptability. However, there is a limit to how many times a product designed for multi-lifecycle can be cycled. The aim of this research is to identify issues affecting how many times products designed for multi-lifecycle could be cycled. Another goal of this study is to articulate how the understanding of these issues can be utilized in improving product design for multi-lifecycle. This study is based on intensive literature survey and on over twenty years' experience in conventional-and in sustainable design and development of agri-food machinery. From the study we learned that the sustainability of products and equipment designed for multi-lifecycle depends, among other things, on the durability of the core components, the required performance standard, resource consumption tipping point, economic advantage eradication point, changes in consumer taste, and regulatory changes. It means that the number of times that resources invested in a product designed for multi-lifecycles can be cycled is increasable by improving the durability of the structure and core components of the product. It also means that designers would be able to improve the sustainability of machinery designed for multilifecycles by incorporating features that facilitate easy reconfiguration and upgrading of the product at reasonable cost as consumer taste and regulations changes.

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Section: Design For Multi-lifecycle (Dfml)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Issues in the sustainability of products designed for multi-lifecycle

Dunmade

2014

IJET

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Multi-Lifecycle Design Strategies: Applications in Plastics for Durable Goods

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Issues in the sustainability of products designed for multi-lifecycle

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