製品のモジュール・リユースを促進するエコ・エージェント・システム(<小特集>生産システム部門研究発表講演会2010)

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Considering the environmental load of material and energy consumption, many approaches to product design and manufacturing have been discussed from an ecological viewpoint. In this paper, we propose the architecture that promotes module level reuse in order to reduce the environmental load in product manufacturing and use. The system architecture stands on an agent-based sensor network and a modular reusable desige. In this paper, an information system called eco-agent systems to promote reuse and recycling processes of product modules is proposed. This system uses a sensor system for diagnosing each product module and managing reuse plan. Since the system can always grasp conditions of modules, it can start reuse planning while users use the products and reduces the lead time to remanufacturing. As a simple realization model of the proposed architecture, a system for a motor-assisted bicycle is developed by using wireless small sensor network and network agent systems. The system monitors product conditions and searches the next owner of each module for promoting reuse and avoiding product waste as much as possible. Case studies show some practical use and merits of this architecture.
2010-12-25