Remanufacturing

Question 1

What is remanufacturing?

Answer 1

The process of rebuilding a product, during the process the product is cleaned, inspected and disassembled, defect components are replaced, reassembled tested and inspected again to meet or exceed the standards of a newly manufactured product

Question 2

What is core?

Answer 2

Its the used/brokendown products (or components) aimed for remanufacturing

Question 3

Give examples of reman. products

Answer 3

Engines, computers, desks and copy machines.

Question 4

What are synonmyms to reman?

Answer 4

Refurbishment and renovation

Question 5

What are the steps in the reman process?

Answer 5

1. inspection
2. cleaning
3. disassembly
4. store
5. reprocess
6. reassembly
7. testing

Question 6

What happends in inspection

Answer 6

You identify the malfunctions/errors and base the inspection from a failure report

Question 7

What happends in cleaning?

Answer 7

• Choose cleaning technology and clean it

Question 8

What happens in disassembly?

Answer 8

Valuable parts/components are put i storage

The broken parts are sent to material recyling or end-of-life treatment

Question 9

What happends in storage?

Answer 9

Products, parts and components are stored until reassembly

Question 10

What happends in reprocess?

Answer 10

Reprocessing of parts if neccessary

Re-filling with new material

Question 11

What happends in reassembly?

Answer 11

Can you integrate with ordinary manu? - Perhaps not, ord. manu. is at a higher pace

• Choice of fasteners
• Upgrading product parts
• Upgrading software

Question 12

What happends in testing?

Answer 12

You check:

1. Function
2. Safety
3. Quality

Question 13

What are reman. company charactheristics?

Answer 13

• OEM
• Contracted
• Individual

Question 14

What are the company drivers for reman?

Answer 14

1. Profit
   - Cost reductions,
   - customer demands
   - new product sales eg product service systems
2. Environment
   - Legislation
   - Moral &ethical issues
3. Policy
   - Protecting aftermarket
   - Protecting brand

Question 15

What is a Product service system?

Answer 15

A PSS is aimed to be selling the function of a product rather than the product itself.

For example: selling copies instead of copy machines

PSS means changes in material flows (se bild i block)

Question 16

How is PSS a driver for reman?

Answer 16

• PSS reduce the uncertainty of when and how many cores that arrive to reman.
• Gives possibilities of condition monitoring that can provide useful data for reman.
• It facilitates OEM reman. with much product data knowledge from reman and good feedback loop to product design.

Question 17

How can you overcome though reman challenges?

Answer 17

With PSS and full core knowledge

Question 18

How is reman good for the environment?

Answer 18

• End-of-life hierarchy

- Less operation steps. You dont need to extract raw materials etc to get the product since its already there

Question 19

What are reman. customer values according to companies?

Answer 19

A more price-worthy option in comparison to new products.

It provides a faster solution and is a good option to discard used products

Question 20

What are the economic challenges with reman?

Answer 20

1. Staying competitive/profitable
2. Core access
3. Lack of customer awareness
4. Product design issues
5. Process efficiency issues

Question 21

What are reman. key resources?

Answer 21

1. Technical staff
2. Access to cores
3. Facilities, machinery and equipment

Question 22

What are the companies view on environmental benefits of reman?

Answer 22

1. Reduced material consumption
2. Reduced CO2 emissions
3. reduced energy consumption

Question 23

What are the social benefits of reman?

Answer 23

1. Job creation
2. More access to products
3. events (charity)

Question 24

What are the main three markets of reman i the EU?

Answer 24

1. Automotive
2. Investment goods
3. Consumer products

Question 25

What does PSS offerings consist of?

Answer 25

Combination of physical products, services and systems that have been integrated and optimized from a life cycle perspective in relation to the customer value

Question 26

What is the key to realizing effective PSS?

Answer 26

Information flow. It is important to make the information useful and to get a good understanding. –> Actors and System map Method can be used

Question 27

What are the reman. industry sectors in Sweden?

Answer 27

Automotive, machinery, Computer, Toner cartridges, medical equipment, wood industry, office furniture

Question 28

Give examples of reman products in the different industries

Answer 28

Automotive: engines, brakes
Machinery: heat exchangers, forklift, trucks
Computer: PCs, printers, scanners
Toner cart: cartridges for copy machines
Medical: wheel chairs
Wood: wood pallets and packaging

Question 29

How does reman products stand in comparison with a new from an environmental aspect?

Answer 29

A new engine 9,8 kg C02, a reman is 0,53 kg CO2 at UBD cleantech

Question 30

How is the ideal life-cycle of THM forklift trucks?

Answer 30

Long term rental 3-7 yrs. Short term rental after that in 1-3 months. Then remanufactured –> used –> remanufactured and used and lastly scrapped

Question 31

In what way is reman good for the environment?

Answer 31

• Reman is prefarable option in comparison with new manufacturing and other end-of-life options.
• Chances to close the loop for safer handling of toxic materials