Characteristics and Similarities of Disassembly of Electric Home Appliances for Parts and Materials

Accession number;03A0267182
Title;Characteristics and Similarities of Disassembly of Electric Home Appliances for Parts and Materials
Author; KONDO YASUO (Tottori Univ., Graduate School of Engineering, JPN) DEGUCHI KENJI (Tottori Univ., Graduate School of Engineering, JPN) NAKANO TOMOYUKI (Tottori Univ., Graduate School of Engineering, JPN)
Journal Title;Journal of the Japan Society of Waste Management Experts
Journal Code:L1596A
ISSN:
VOL.14;NO.2;PAGE.93-101(2003)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.8, TBL.4, REF.9
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;This paper explains the following items on the titled study: 1) Disassembly results; most electric home appliances, including FAX machines, fan heaters, gas water heaters, electric heaters, video deck recorders, PCs, washing machines, air conditioners and TVs could be disassembled to unit component or material, except refrigerator, whose parts were separated to only 60 wt %, 2) tools required to disassemble fasteners; small nine electric home appliances needed only a screwdriver (+), a precision screwdriver(+), a nipper and a spatula but four products needed a ratchet wrench and a saw, too, 3) the latter group required 2-3 times longer disassembling time than the former group and 4) remarkable similarity was found within two groups in disassembly time, reversibility of connections and fastener types with similar structure.