A Web-enabled Virtual Disassembly Manager (web-VDM) for electronicproduct/process designers, disassembly line managers and operators, andour UML model and tools

摘要

The Web-enabled Virtual Disassembly Manager (web-VDM) forelectronic product/process designers, disassembly line managers andoperators project is a major MERC/NJIT R&D group effort, supportedby several funding agencies, companies and institutions and their hardworking staff and RAs (research assistants). The purpose of this paperis to introduce a segment of this project, by discussing objectoriented, validated modeling methods and software tools, as well as asystem architecture in UML (Unified Modeling Language) that enablesindividual, as well as e-commerce-linked, B2B (business to business)collaborative enterprises to analyze and design all critical aspects oftheir demanufacturing and logistics processes over the web, manage theirdisassembly lines and provide electronic support systems for operators.Besides an overview of our system model, this paper focuses on specific,web-enabled electronic support tools for e-commerce of harvestedcomponents and parts, as well as tools for disassembly line managers andoperators. Furthermore, integrated with the above system, we demonstrateour tools, and our novel 3D part identification and electronicobject/component marking method, that helps line managers to identifyphysical objects/components electronically and then publish theseobjects over the web as part of our web-VDM database