Exploring the Benefits of Remanufacture During Product Prototyping: A Cost and Time Based Analysis

Ricardo Real; Chris M Snider; Ben J Hicks

doi:10.1017/pds.2022.59

Exploring the Benefits of Remanufacture During Product Prototyping: A Cost and Time Based Analysis

Ricardo Real^*, Chris M Snider, Ben J Hicks

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Abstract

Whilst remanufacture is identified as a key enabler for sustainable manufacture in future industry, its role within the context of new product development remains unclear. Where prototypes often go through multiple iterations with varying degrees of change, could remanufacture be adopted to reduce the time and cost components of design iteration? This paper presents a computational study to explore the potential savings afforded by remanufacture across stages of a Rapid Prototyping process. Results suggest significant reductions to development time and cost can be achieved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	573-582
Number of pages	10
Journal	Proceedings of the Design Society
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.59
Publication status	Published - 26 May 2022
Event	17th International Design Conference - Cavtat, Croatia Duration: 23 May 2022 → 26 May 2022 Conference number: 17th https://www.designconference.org/

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The work reported in this paper has been undertaken as part of the Twinning of digital-physical models during prototyping project. The work was conducted at the University of Bristol in the Design and Manufacturing Futures Laboratory www.dmf-lab.co.uk which is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Grant reference (EP/R032696/1). The authors would also like to thank thingiverse.com and their users for sharing their models.

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Keywords

rapid prototyping
Remanufacturing
change management
cost management
hybrid prototyping
Additive manufacture

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HOW DO PROTOTYPES CHANGE? CHARACTERISING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CHANGES BETWEEN PROTOTYPE ITERATIONS
Real, R., Snider, C., Goudswaard, M. & Hicks, B., 1 Jul 2023, Proceedings of the Design Society: Volume 3: ICED23. Cambridge University Press, Vol. 3. p. 2105-2114 10 p. (Proceedings of the Design Society).
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ProtoTwinning: Digital Physical Twinning in Product Development EP/R032696/1
Hicks, B. J. (Principal Investigator), Nassehi, A. (Co-Investigator) & Snider, C. M. (Co-Investigator)
1/08/18 → 31/07/23
Project: Research

A Methodology for the Remanufacturing of Prototypes
Real, R. M. (Author), Snider, C. (Supervisor) & Hicks, B. (Supervisor), 7 May 2024
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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HOW DO PROTOTYPES CHANGE? CHARACTERISING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CHANGES BETWEEN PROTOTYPE ITERATIONS

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A Methodology for the Remanufacturing of Prototypes

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