Jung-ho Moon* and Jong-soo Hwang*

Abstract

To increase the recyclability of home appliances, it is important to disassemble the parts that can be recycled and those that consist of hazardous materials at the early stage of disassembly. It is therefore important to design a product that can be disassembled easily. This study shows the possibility of the development of environmental or "green" products through the analysis of the assembly and the disassembly of an automatic washing machine. This analysis can reduce a complicated structure to a simple one and also leads to simpler manufacturing processes. The analysis and improvement of the financial consequences of disassembly can maximize profit at the end of a product's life, and allows a determination of when to stop disassembly.

Key words: recycling, disassembly time, financial line, waste product