Journal
CIRP ANNALS-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 5-8Publisher
TECHNISCHE RUNDSCHAU EDITION COLIBRI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2008.03.004
Keywords
environmental; lifecycle; remanufacturing
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Climate change reports and policies relating to end-of-use products, CO2 emissions, and energy are causing manufacturers to examine their operations closely. Several reports have touted the economic and environmental benefits of remanufacturing, including claims of significant reductions in terms of energy and CO2 emissions. However, large-scale remanufacturing of heavy equipment engine components has not been closely examined and no standard procedure exists to quantify the benefits of remanufacturing. A methodology is presented for determining the energy intensity and benefits of remanufacturing as compared to new manufacturing, and this is applied to a diesel engine example. These findings are used to estimate the embodied manufacturing/remanufacturing energy across multiple use cycles. (c) 2008 CIRP.
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