LIFE CYCLE DATA ACQUISITION METHODS AND DEVICES

摘要

Two British university teams have joined forces with GDA, manufacturers of appliance brands suchrnas Hotpoint, Creda and Cannon, to design and test systems that will increase the "intelligence" of domesticrnappliances such as washing machines. A Whitebox is the name chosen for a mechatronic system that storesrninformation about the way the product is used, namely a life history. The concept is familiar to most people asrn"blackboxes" in aircraft, storing vital data to help diagnose problems in the event of an accident. Domesticrnappliances can also fail; and the whitebox can provide useful information to help users, service technicians,rnrecyclers and designers of next generation machines.