Improving repairability in cordless vacuum cleaners

Master thesis (2021)

Authors

C.L. Fonteijne Industrial Design Engineering

Contributors

C.A. Bakker Circular Product Design - IDE (supervisor 1)
Bas Flipsen Circular Product Design - IDE (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Industrial Design Engineering
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Circular Economy Repairability Disassembly Disassembly Map Design for repair French Repairability Index
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Published Date

14-09-2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Abstract

The incentive of this graduation project was to determine the repairability of Philips cordless vacuum cleaners and propose strategies to improve their repairability. This was done using two assessment methods; the Disassembly map and the French Repairability Index (FRI). The French Repairability Index is the first mandatory repair label. The final outcomes of this project are an assessment of two Philips cordless vacuum cleaners, a tool which provides guidance during FRI assessment (The adapted Disassembly Map) and design guidelines on how to design for FRI.