Disassembly modeling for assembly, maintenance, reuse, and recycling. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: A.J.D. (Fred) Lambert, Surendra M. Gupta.
• Other Names: Lambert, A. J. D; Gupta, Surendra M
• Contents: DISASSEMBLY PRACTICE; Introduction; Assembly and Disassembly History; Levels of Aggregation; Disassembly Optimization; Basic Terminology; Product Modeling; Summary of the Chapters; References; Context of the End-Of-Life Disassembly; Introduction; Industrial Ecology; Complex Products; Complex Products Waste; Breakdown Analyses of Some Prominent Complex Products; Conclusion; References; The Disassembly Process; Introduction; The Product; The Process; Cost Metrics; Revenue Metrics; Economic Optimization; Economic-Ecological (Eco-Eco) Models; Example: Disassembly of Discarded Cars; Conclusion; References; DISASSEMBLY SEQUENCING; Disassembly Network Features; Introduction; Disassembly Process Representation; Unconstrained Products; Topologically Constrained Products; Weakly Connected Products; Geometrically Constrained Products; Conclusion; Appendices; References; Geometrical Constraints and Precedence Relationships; Introduction; Earlier Research on Precedence Relationships; Bourjault's Method; The Cut-Set Method; A Moderately Complex Example; m-Disassemblable Products; Complex AND/OR Relationships; Three-Dimensional Applications; Disassembly Precedence Graphs; Constrained Connection Diagrams; Conclusion; References; Surface- and Direction-Oriented Analysis, and Modularity; Introduction; Product Representation and Classes; Surface-Oriented Analysis; Direction-Oriented Approach; Interference Graphs; Modularity Analysis; Stability Analysis; Force-Flow Analysis; Conclusion; References; Selecting the Optimum Disassembly Sequence; Introduction; Sequence Independent Costs; Sequence Dependent Costs, Heuristics, and Restricted Exact Methods; Rigorous Exact Methods; Demand-Dependent Problems; Conclusion; References; DISASSEMBLY PLANNING; Disassembly to Order Problems: Multi-Criteria Methods; Introduction; Multi-Criteria Methodologies; Goal Programming; Linear Physical Programming; Conclusion; References; Disassembly Line Balancing Problems; Introduction; An Assembly Line Versus a Disassembly Line; Balancing a Disassembly Line; Description of the Disassembly Line Balancing Problem; Heuristic and Metaheuristic Methods For Solving the DLBP; Conclusion; References
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (419 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 670.42; Assembly-line methods; Production planning; Manufacturing Processes; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Engineering; Assembly-line methods; Production planning; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0203487176; 9780203487174
• Related ISBNs: 9781574443349; 1574443348
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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