The remanufacturing industry is rapidly becoming a source of economic growth and environmental benefit. In the past, researchers have presented cost and energy savings due to remanufacturing a variety of products, largely based on the results of industry-wide surveys. However, little or no effort has focused on the life cycle assessment of remanufacturing. In fact, no study has performed a life cycle assessment of engine components, comparing the original component manufacture with remanufactured components. In this paper, a comparison of the original manufacture and remanufacture of components from a typical Caterpillar diesel engine is described. The “gate-to-gate” analysis considers components that represent a majority of the engine assembly by weight. The comparison is made in two measures of environmental performance: energy and material usage.
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ASME 2007 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference
October 15–18, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Manufacturing Division
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0-7918-4290-8
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Comparing Energy and Other Measures of Environmental Performance in the Original Manufacturing and Remanufacturing of Engine Components
P. A. Ludewig,
P. A. Ludewig
Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL
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V. Kumar,
V. Kumar
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
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J. W. Sutherland
J. W. Sutherland
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
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D. P. Adler
Caterpillar, Inc., Mossville, IL
P. A. Ludewig
Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL
V. Kumar
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
J. W. Sutherland
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Paper No:
MSEC2007-31220, pp. 851-860; 10 pages
Published Online:
March 24, 2009
Citation
Adler, DP, Ludewig, PA, Kumar, V, & Sutherland, JW. "Comparing Energy and Other Measures of Environmental Performance in the Original Manufacturing and Remanufacturing of Engine Components." Proceedings of the ASME 2007 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. ASME 2007 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. October 15–18, 2007. pp. 851-860. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/MSEC2007-31220
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