Volume 3 nr 1 / 2011 - Academia Oamenilor de Stiinta din Romania

Products recovery opportunities at the end of technological cycle 25in technological development are essential for materials reuse, recycling andremanufacturing promoting. The new materials research but also assemblies andsubassemblies simplifying, modularity and typing are several elements that aregiving remanufacturing a new motivation.Due to economic, social and ecological remanufacturing advantages morespecialized original equipment manufacturers are engaged in productsremanufacturing activities. Occur, so-called hybrid companies, manufacturer andremanufacturer of the same equipment type, which propelled the remanufacturingindustry in the national economies.There are a number of legal impediments that hinder the remanufacturing activity,which can be seen in Figure 2.3. Life CycleFig. 2. Remanufacturing barriers.Product life cycle similar to the biological life cycle includes the next stages: thearising phase, growth phase, mature phase and decline phase. Product life cyclecan be divided in:‣ Manufacturing cycle;‣ Operating cycle.Manufacturing and operating cycle of equipment consists of all manufacturer anduser activities. Operating cycle is very important because depending ontechnological equipment operation, their component parts may or may not showremanufacturing interest.Copyright © Editura Academiei Oamenilor de Știință din România, 2011Watermark Protected