De-manufacturing Analysis for Product Repairability and Serviceability in Cooking Systems

New standards (e.g., the EN4555X series) and indices have been issued to include repairability aspects in product designDesign. These indices are very useful in the designDesign phase to characterize the product and to understand the ability of products to be disassembled. The goal of this paper is to address product repairability and ease of disassemblyDisassembly for cooking systems, with a specific focus on induction hobs. A four steps approach was followed encompassing projectProjects definition, laboratory tests, disassemblability index calculation, and eco-design actions definition for product improvement. ProjectProjects definition includes the identification of target components for service/repair purposes, while laboratory test allows retrieval of disassemblyDisassembly data in accordance with EN 45554 standard. The disassemblability index calculation brings to the identification of designDesign criticalities that affect the repairability score providing important insight into the identification of eco-design actions. The implementationImplementation of the eco-design actions, when applied in the product developmentProduct Development process, will lead to an increment in repairability and serviceability performance for the identified target components.