Framework for Parallelized Hybrid Strategies in CAD-Based Disassembly Sequence Planning

Circular economies require efficient disassembly processes for end-of-life products from various product series, variants and with various product states. CAD-based Disassembly Sequence Planning aims to efficiently create feasible disassembly sequences to minimize the needed effort in disassembly execution. Manual, collision-based and feature-based Disassembly Sequence Planning approaches are predominant in research. However, there is no tool covering multiple of these techniques simultaneously. In this paper, we aim to enable the combination of these techniques in a parallelized and hybrid manner. A Service-Oriented Model-View-Controller Framework is presented as an overarching software architecture. The architecture was implemented and tested on an exemplary use case. The validation proved the potential quality and efficiency increase of CAD-based disassembly sequence planning. The framework contributes to choosing the right disassembly sequence planning strategy and thus increasing the efficiency of the circular economy.