Remanufacturing
Remanufacturing is a way of reconditioning used devices. A used device is brought up to the quality standard of a new device. This requires a more or less complete dismantling of the device. Components and assemblies are checked. A technological upgrade can also take place by replacing obsolete components. A distinction must be made between remanufacturing and reuse , repair and refurbishing .
The 5 manufacturing steps of remanufacturing
First of all, the product to be remanufactured is completely dismantled and all components of the product are carefully cleaned. The cleaned components are then checked for reusability and sorted. In the next step, the usable components are refurbished and possibly replaced with new components. Now the components are reassembled and the product is fully assembled. The quality of the components is checked again and again throughout the process. And after assembly of the reconditioned product, the quality is ensured by a final inspection.
Advantages of remanufacturing
Compared to the manufacture of new parts, remanufacturing saves 85% of raw materials and 55% of energy worldwide every year. Reconditioning has other advantages: Several million tons of CO 2 emissions are reduced every year . In addition, manufacturers can offer their customers inexpensive replacement parts that are still as good or even better in quality than new parts.
Suitable products for the process of remanufacturing
- Air conditioning elements
- Compressors
- Electric motors
- pump
- robot
- Railway vehicles
- car parts
- Vending machines
- Earth excavation tools
- Office furniture / equipment
Technical vocabulary for remanufacturing
The international association for the remanufacturing / reconditioning of auto parts, the Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association (APRA), has recognized that communication problems can arise when people from different countries with different language skills talk about remanufacturing. Some technical terms can have different meanings as definitions vary from country to country. In 2013 APRA published a translation table.
See also
literature
- Rolf Steinhilper: Product recycling. Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, 1999
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grit Walther: Sustainable value creation networks . Inter-company planning and control of material flows along the product life cycle. 1st edition. Gabler Verlag , 2010, ISBN 978-3-8349-2228-1 , Chapter 7: Use, p. 189-209 .
- ↑ APRA's Remanufacturing Translation Matrix. (No longer available online.) Apra-europe.org, archived from the original on January 13, 2014 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
