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62 MFG/PRO USER GUIDE — MANUFACTURING
Fig. 5.6
A Recyclable
By-product Process
Setting Up Structures for Recyclable By-products
A recyclable by-product is reused in a manufacturing process.
Example In a manufacturing process, dry paint is sprayed onto charged
sheet metal. The paint powder adheres to the metal and, after baking in a
kiln, becomes a painted surface. Upon application, some of the dry paint
falls to the floor, where it is collected by a vacuum funnel and eventually
returned to the spraying machine.
Although recyclable materials are technically by-products, MFG/PRO
does not treat them as part of the co-product/by-product structure, but as
regular components. Thus, they should be defined as regular components
and managed accordingly. Figure 5.6 illustrates a recyclable by-product
process.
Component 1
Product
Process
Component 2
Recyclable
By-product
Recyclable
By-product
You set up a structure for a recyclable by-product by:
• Entering an item number for the recyclable item.
• Adding a recyclable item to a product structure/formula. Typically,
you enter two product structure/formula records for each recyclable
by-product:
• One for the component requirement—a component going into the
process—entered as a positive quantity.
• One for a recyclable by-product—a component coming out of the
process—entered as a negative quantity.