Author:
Erdmann Julian Grosse,Koller Jan,Brimaire Jil,Döpper Frank
Abstract
AbstractIn 2021, sales of electric bicycles in Germany increased compared to the previous year, leading to a 43% share of electric bicycles in the total German bicycle market. The German Bicycle Industry Association (ZIV) expects this growth to continue and that by 2025 every second bicycle sold in Germany will have an electric motor. Therefore, due to the increasing number of sales, both the built-in resources and the possible treatments after the use phase need to be considered regarding sustainable market development. In this context, remanufacturing is one promising end-of-life strategy that enables a new life cycle of products and components, thus reducing the consumption of natural resources and minimizing waste production. The used products are restored to their original conditions by disassembling, cleaning, sorting, reworking, and reassembling. Disassembly is a decisive process step as it creates the prerequisites for all further steps in the process chain and significantly determines the economic feasibility of a remanufacturing process. Therefore, this paper aims to evaluate the ease of disassembly of electric bicycle motors and thus determine their suitability for remanufacturing. To evaluate the disassemblability, the ease of Disassembly Metric (eDiM), a quantitative assessment method for evaluating disassembly effort, was adapted to the needs of the electric bicycle motors. The method was finally applied to five electric bicycle motors from established manufacturers and assessed their ease of disassembly. The results show that the electric bicycle motors can be disassembled without significant damage and classified as suitable for remanufacturing.
Funder
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Waste Management and Disposal
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