TY - GEN
T1 - Importance of PLM and Digital Thread to (Dis)Assemble Circular Products Automatically
AU - Lack, Silvan
AU - Hehenberger, Peter
AU - Merschak, Simon
AU - Picchio, Francesco
AU - Schmid, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - The paper presents the vision of products that can be assembled automatically and with the same production line, be disassembled to foster the circular economy. Such a factory line enables e.g. in-line product repair and full disassembly for reuse of components or recycling. To reach this vision, product data handling throughout the whole lifecycle is a key requirement. The paper highlights the impact and influence of inaccurate engineering data, missing data in the production and usage phase, and inaccurate data for End-of-Life treatment. These data need to be maintained correctly, e.g. by applying a Digital Twin Framework or a product-individual Digital Thread, otherwise, automatic disassembly is not possible in high quality. Furthermore, the product needs to be thoroughly designed, not only according to design for assembly (DfA) but also according to design for disassembly (DfD). To gain know-how and experience, a dummy product has been established. It is used to foster the understanding of suitable joining technologies. In its first version, the focus lies on screw connections. Its modularity allows the demonstration of different (dis)assembly strategies and related economic impacts.
AB - The paper presents the vision of products that can be assembled automatically and with the same production line, be disassembled to foster the circular economy. Such a factory line enables e.g. in-line product repair and full disassembly for reuse of components or recycling. To reach this vision, product data handling throughout the whole lifecycle is a key requirement. The paper highlights the impact and influence of inaccurate engineering data, missing data in the production and usage phase, and inaccurate data for End-of-Life treatment. These data need to be maintained correctly, e.g. by applying a Digital Twin Framework or a product-individual Digital Thread, otherwise, automatic disassembly is not possible in high quality. Furthermore, the product needs to be thoroughly designed, not only according to design for assembly (DfA) but also according to design for disassembly (DfD). To gain know-how and experience, a dummy product has been established. It is used to foster the understanding of suitable joining technologies. In its first version, the focus lies on screw connections. Its modularity allows the demonstration of different (dis)assembly strategies and related economic impacts.
KW - Circular Economy
KW - Digital Thread
KW - Disassembly
KW - PLM
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105023492102
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-09700-2_34
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-09700-2_34
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105023492102
SN - 9783032096999
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 346
EP - 355
BT - Product Lifecycle Management. PLM in the Age of Model-Based Engineering in Industry - 22nd IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference, PLM 2025, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Mas, Fernando
A2 - Del Valle, Carmelo
A2 - Eynard, Benoît
A2 - Rivest, Louis
A2 - Bouras, Abdelaziz
PB - Springer
T2 - 22nd IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, PLM 2025
Y2 - 6 July 2025 through 9 July 2025
ER -
