Feasibility analysis of design for remanufacturing in bearing using hybrid fuzzy-topsis and taguchi optimization

The tremendous advancement in technology, productivity and improved standard of living has come at the cost of environmental deterioration, increased energy and raw material consumption. In this regard, remanufacturing is viable option to reduce energy usage, carbon footprint and raw material usage....

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Authors: Fegade, Vishal, Shrivastava, Kshitij, Kale, A. V., Shrivastava, R. L.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Brasil
Institution:Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP)
Repository:Independent Journal of Management & Production
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:www.ijmp.jor.br:article/942
Online Access:http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/942
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Taguchi analysis
Fuzzy-TOPSIS
remanufacturing.
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Summary:The tremendous advancement in technology, productivity and improved standard of living has come at the cost of environmental deterioration, increased energy and raw material consumption. In this regard, remanufacturing is viable option to reduce energy usage, carbon footprint and raw material usage. In this manuscript, using computational intelligence techniques we try to determine the feasibility of remanufacturing in case of roller bearings. We collected used N308 bearings from 5 different Indian cities. Using Fuzzy-TOPSIS, we found that the roundness, surface roughness and weight play a vital role in design for remanufacturing of roller bearings. Change in diameter, change in thickness and change in width showed minimal influence.  We also used Taguchi analysis to reassess the problem. The roundness of inner and outer race was found to be the most influential parameters in deciding the selection of bearing for remanufacturing. The results suggest the bearing designer to design the bearing in such a way that roundness of both races will be taken cared while manufacturing a bearing. However, using Taguchi the weight of the rollers was found to be of least influence. Overall, the predictions of Taguchi analysis were found to be similar to Fuzzy-TOPSIS analysis.