Parallel Disassembly Lines with Some Considerations

Abstract

Disassembly is the crucial process of the product recovery operations and it can be defined as removing the parts of the discarded products through a series of operations. A disassembly line contains sequential workstations with a material handling system. Disassembly line balancig problem (DLBP) is defined as assigning the tasks to the workstations to minimize the number of workstations and to utilize the available resources as efficiently as possible while meeting the demand for recovered parts. More than one parallel disassembly lines are balanced simultanously to increase the efficiency and effectiveness. Balancing problem of these lines is called Parallel Disassembly Line Balancing Problem. There are some considerations which complicate the disassembly. Negative effects of these considerations can be reduced by considering parallel disassembly lines. In this study, these considerations and PDLBP is simply defined and discussed and future directions are proposed.