Improving the Sustainability of Manufactured Products: Literature Review and Challenges for Digitalization of Disassembly and Dismantling Processes

Abstract

Digital technology used today within Industry 4.0 open up new opportunities for most areas of engineering, including the end of life and especially disassembly process, which was identified as the most critical and strategic step in the remanufacturing. The aim of this paper is to identify all I4.0 technologies that have been used in the process of disassembly (with a special focus on sustainability) in order to create a Digital Twin model for disassembly process based on sustainability indicators. In this research, firstly, we present a literature review on the related work based on existing I4.0 technologies in the disassembly process and the issues related to this process. Secondly, an overview of I4.0 technologies used in the optimization of the disassembly process research is presented. Thirdly, a discussion about the use of I4.0 technologies in order to have a sustainable disassembly process and a digital twin is presented. Finally, research questions about the use of I4.0 technologies in a digital twin for disassembly process based on sustainable indicators were conducted in the conclusion.