TY - GEN
T1 - Simulation of an Integrated Manufacturing Remanufacturing System
AU - Paul, Magdalena
AU - von der Horst, Teresa
AU - Kerkhoff, Felix
AU - Reinhart, Gunther
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - In the ongoing European pursuit of a circular economy, remanufacturing has been identified as a crucial strategy for both waste reduction and the attainment of material self-reliance. Remanufacturing offers a promising solution to extend component lifespan and achieve circularity by disassembling, reprocessing, and reassembling returned products to match newly manufactured ones. However, complexities and costs pose significant obstacles, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), where integrating remanufacturing into existing manufacturing systems can be a solution. The goal of this work is to show how an integrated remanufacturing system can be simulated with conventional software and that the integration could be beneficial for an SME. An approach is suggested and a simulation is conducted on the integration of manufacturing and remanufacturing of water meters. The results of the use case show that for the remanufacturing of water meters, integrating the used products into different points of the manufacturing system could increase the system’s output in general.
AB - In the ongoing European pursuit of a circular economy, remanufacturing has been identified as a crucial strategy for both waste reduction and the attainment of material self-reliance. Remanufacturing offers a promising solution to extend component lifespan and achieve circularity by disassembling, reprocessing, and reassembling returned products to match newly manufactured ones. However, complexities and costs pose significant obstacles, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), where integrating remanufacturing into existing manufacturing systems can be a solution. The goal of this work is to show how an integrated remanufacturing system can be simulated with conventional software and that the integration could be beneficial for an SME. An approach is suggested and a simulation is conducted on the integration of manufacturing and remanufacturing of water meters. The results of the use case show that for the remanufacturing of water meters, integrating the used products into different points of the manufacturing system could increase the system’s output in general.
KW - Circular Economy
KW - Integrated Remanufacturing
KW - Simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85218116760&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-77429-4_37
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-77429-4_37
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85218116760
SN - 9783031774287
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 335
EP - 342
BT - Sustainable Manufacturing as a Driver for Growth - Proceedings of the 19th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing
A2 - Kohl, Holger
A2 - Seliger, Günther
A2 - Dietrich, Franz
A2 - Mur, Sebastián
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 19th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, GCSM 2023
Y2 - 4 December 2023 through 6 December 2023
ER -
