Chapter 3
Design of Household Appliances
Considering Remanufacturing: A Case
Study
Hong-Yoon Kang, Yong-Sung Jun, Ji-Hyoung Park, and Eun-Hyeok Yang
Abstract Remanufacturing is a manufacturing technology that incorporates costeffective energy savings and sustainability principles to improve the effective reuse of
materials at the end-of-life. Leading global remanufacturing countries are promoting
the remanufacturing market through the diversification of remanufactured items
and the improvement of consumer reliability. Remanufacturing business can be
value-added combining with the rental service which is so called product-service
system (PSS). In particular, remanufactured home appliances can easily be applied
as product-service business model. Initial important condition for successful remanufacturing is how the product is well designed for disassembly at its end of life. In
general, the product is characterized at the initial stage of its development. So, it
is necessary to apply the design considering remanufacture at the beginning of the
product development if the product is planned to be remanufactured at its end of life.
This paper thus presents a method to diagnose the structure of the product and extract
the major improvement factors for easy disassembly. Also, the application of these
factors to small household appliances in the product design stage is highlighted. The
validity of the design methodology is also analyzed through the demonstration of the
water purifier in terms of assemblability/ disassemblability, cleaning efficiency and
processing time.
Keywords Design for remanufacturing · Disassembly · Home appliances ·
Product-Service business
H.-Y. Kang · Y.-S. Jun (B)
Korea National Cleaner Production Center, KITECH, Seoul, Korea
e-mail: yxjasp@kitech.re.kr
J.-H. Park
School of Environmental Technology & Safety Technology Convergence, Inha University,
Incheon, Korea
E.-H. Yang
Production Operation Department, Cowey Co. Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
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Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6779-7_3
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Design of Household Appliances
Considering Remanufacturing: A Case
Study
Hong-Yoon Kang, Yong-Sung Jun, Ji-Hyoung Park, and Eun-Hyeok Yang
Abstract Remanufacturing is a manufacturing technology that incorporates costeffective energy savings and sustainability principles to improve the effective reuse of
materials at the end-of-life. Leading global remanufacturing countries are promoting
the remanufacturing market through the diversification of remanufactured items
and the improvement of consumer reliability. Remanufacturing business can be
value-added combining with the rental service which is so called product-service
system (PSS). In particular, remanufactured home appliances can easily be applied
as product-service business model. Initial important condition for successful remanufacturing is how the product is well designed for disassembly at its end of life. In
general, the product is characterized at the initial stage of its development. So, it
is necessary to apply the design considering remanufacture at the beginning of the
product development if the product is planned to be remanufactured at its end of life.
This paper thus presents a method to diagnose the structure of the product and extract
the major improvement factors for easy disassembly. Also, the application of these
factors to small household appliances in the product design stage is highlighted. The
validity of the design methodology is also analyzed through the demonstration of the
water purifier in terms of assemblability/ disassemblability, cleaning efficiency and
processing time.
Keywords Design for remanufacturing · Disassembly · Home appliances ·
Product-Service business
H.-Y. Kang · Y.-S. Jun (B)
Korea National Cleaner Production Center, KITECH, Seoul, Korea
e-mail: yxjasp@kitech.re.kr
J.-H. Park
School of Environmental Technology & Safety Technology Convergence, Inha University,
Incheon, Korea
E.-H. Yang
Production Operation Department, Cowey Co. Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Y. Kishita et al. (eds.), EcoDesign and Sustainability I, Sustainable Production, Life Cycle
Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6779-7_3
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