Improving repairability in cordless vacuum cleaners
C.L. Fonteijne (TU Delft - Industrial Design Engineering)
CA Bakker – Mentor (TU Delft - Circular Product Design)
Bas Flipsen – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Circular Product Design)
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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.