Opportunities for Industry 4.0 to Support Remanufacturing

Remanufacturing is the process of bringing end-of-life products back to good-as-new. It plays a critical role in decoupling economic growth from growth in resource use, and in accelerating the circular economy. However, the uptake of remanufacturing activities faces obstacles. This paper reviews the...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2018-07, Vol.8 (7), p.1177
Main Authors: Yang, Shanshan, M. R., Aravind, Kaminski, Jacek, Pepin, Helene
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace engineering
Automation
CAM
Computer aided manufacturing
Computer programs
Consumers
Customer services
Digital computers
Industry 4.0
intelligent machining
Life prediction
Lubricants & lubrication
Manufacturing
Microprocessors
Nondestructive testing
Radio frequency identification
Remanufacturing
Repair
smart factory
Software
Software engineering
Sustainability
sustainable manufacturing
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Summary:Remanufacturing is the process of bringing end-of-life products back to good-as-new. It plays a critical role in decoupling economic growth from growth in resource use, and in accelerating the circular economy. However, the uptake of remanufacturing activities faces obstacles. This paper reviews the challenges encountered by the remanufacturing sector and discusses how the Industry 4.0 revolution could help to effectively address these issues and unlock the potential of remanufacturing. Two case studies are included in this paper to exemplify how technology enablers from Industry 4.0 can increase efficiency, reliability, and digitization of the remanufacturing process.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app8071177