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3.1 Introduction
Remanufacturing is a manufacturing technology that incorporates cost-effective
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. Korea is also trying to maximize the
economic and environmental effects of resource circulation by promoting the addition of remanufacturing to existing 3Rs (Stead and Stead 2004). The automotive
parts sector has been the most active area in remanufacturing over the world so far.
However, various remanufacturing industries such as aerospace, heavy duty & offroad (HDOR), machinery, IT products and medical devices are formed in the US and
Europe (Jun et al. 2019).
According to the latest survey results, Korea’s remanufacturing industry consists
of automobile parts, toner cartridges, construction machine parts, and household
appliances (Kang et al. 2018). Japan’s remanufacturing involves automobile parts,
printer cartridges, As a manufacturing sector, this article highlights the role and
responsibilities of OEMs in the End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling Law (Matsumoto
and Umeda 2011). As a result of analysis on automobile parts and remanufactured
toner cartridges, it is known that the effect of reducing environmental burden due
to remanufacturing is effective (Hj et al. 2011). On the other hand, research on
product design considering remanufacturing has been conducted in some fields. A
study on the design considering the remanufacturing of the product has been carried
out to develop a method for evaluating the degradability considering the ease of
disassembly and the decomposition time using the external case of computer as a
sample (Yi and Chang 2007). As the amount of electronic waste generated increases,
there has been a case in which design for remanufacturing (DfRem) is emphasized
so that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can prepare for remanufacturing
in advance (Hatcher et al. 2013).
Remanufacturing can be associated with a product service system (PSS) to provide
OEMs with new business areas. The PSS is a business that can maintain some ownership of the products sold by OEMs and provides opportunities to further optimize
OEM remanufacturing activities. There is a case for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of a drilling machine used in a construction site (Sakao and Mizuyama
2014; Korea Institute of Industrial Technology 2018). In the case of eco-friendly
products, DfE (Design for Environment) design is applied considering reduction of
raw materials, energy use and ease of recycling, but it is not well known that new
products are produced by applying product design considering remanufacturing.
Damaged parts of the product used in the remanufacturing process is to be replaced
with a new part in the re-manufacturing process, but some products are difficult to
dismantle and re-assemble because of a design applied to fastening methods such as
thermal bonding. Systematic management over the entire life cycle of the product
is needed to understand the quality level of recovered core for remanufacturing and
eliminate uncertainty, and OEMs need to consider design for remanufacturing aspects
H.-Y. Kang et al.
3.1 Introduction
Remanufacturing is a manufacturing technology that incorporates cost-effective
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. Korea is also trying to maximize the
economic and environmental effects of resource circulation by promoting the addition of remanufacturing to existing 3Rs (Stead and Stead 2004). The automotive
parts sector has been the most active area in remanufacturing over the world so far.
However, various remanufacturing industries such as aerospace, heavy duty & offroad (HDOR), machinery, IT products and medical devices are formed in the US and
Europe (Jun et al. 2019).
According to the latest survey results, Korea’s remanufacturing industry consists
of automobile parts, toner cartridges, construction machine parts, and household
appliances (Kang et al. 2018). Japan’s remanufacturing involves automobile parts,
printer cartridges, As a manufacturing sector, this article highlights the role and
responsibilities of OEMs in the End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling Law (Matsumoto
and Umeda 2011). As a result of analysis on automobile parts and remanufactured
toner cartridges, it is known that the effect of reducing environmental burden due
to remanufacturing is effective (Hj et al. 2011). On the other hand, research on
product design considering remanufacturing has been conducted in some fields. A
study on the design considering the remanufacturing of the product has been carried
out to develop a method for evaluating the degradability considering the ease of
disassembly and the decomposition time using the external case of computer as a
sample (Yi and Chang 2007). As the amount of electronic waste generated increases,
there has been a case in which design for remanufacturing (DfRem) is emphasized
so that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can prepare for remanufacturing
in advance (Hatcher et al. 2013).
Remanufacturing can be associated with a product service system (PSS) to provide
OEMs with new business areas. The PSS is a business that can maintain some ownership of the products sold by OEMs and provides opportunities to further optimize
OEM remanufacturing activities. There is a case for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of a drilling machine used in a construction site (Sakao and Mizuyama
2014; Korea Institute of Industrial Technology 2018). In the case of eco-friendly
products, DfE (Design for Environment) design is applied considering reduction of
raw materials, energy use and ease of recycling, but it is not well known that new
products are produced by applying product design considering remanufacturing.
Damaged parts of the product used in the remanufacturing process is to be replaced
with a new part in the re-manufacturing process, but some products are difficult to
dismantle and re-assemble because of a design applied to fastening methods such as
thermal bonding. Systematic management over the entire life cycle of the product
is needed to understand the quality level of recovered core for remanufacturing and
eliminate uncertainty, and OEMs need to consider design for remanufacturing aspects