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Robotic disassembly and window upgrading

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Regular renovation of the built environment is essential for regulatory compliance and environmental impact reduction, with window upgrades significantly improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprints. Upgrading involves disassembling windows for repair or replacement and extending their life through reuse, repair, and remanufacturing. A Disassembly Map guides this process, showing different routes toward the end-of-life (EoL) for window components, ensuring efficient disassembly, repair, or replacement, thereby minimizing environmental impact. The ‘Right to Repair’ proposal in the EU promotes sustainable consumption, emphasizing the need for detailed disassembly planning. Robots can enhance disassembly efficiency, reduce costs, and decrease energy use. This study introduces a methodology for robotic window disassembly, focusing on an aluminum frame window to validate the method for upgrading window components. It includes a virtual simulation stage using RoboDk software and a demonstration stage with a UR10e robotic arm, emphasizing the critical role of Disassembly Maps in guiding efficient and sustainable upgrades.

Source: tub.dok (Hamburg University of Technology)

DOI: 10.15480/882.13535

Authors: Aktas, Begum, Charkhab, Mehrzad Esmaeili

Language: English

Topic: Manufacturing Process and Optimization

Subfield: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6943710014

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