Development of a Computer Aided Procedure to Control Division of Labour Based Disassembly Systems

In contrast to manufacturing and assembly systems, disassembly systems are marked by non-deterministic work sequences. The control of disassembly systems which adequately reacts to stochastically induced plan deviations are, therefore, of great importance for an efficient operation of disassembly systems. Thus, special control procedures, aligned to the requirements of disassembly, are required in order to manage disassembly systems appropriately. In order to improve disassembly control strategies, a simulation-aided control procedure for systems based on division of labour is under development to support the following tasks: Planning of the sequence of the disassembly orders, variation of the disassembly depth dependent upon the capacity utilization and variation of the disassembly operations according to the capacity utilization.