Disassembly Planning Based on Precedence Relations among Assemblies

An algorithm is presented that is based on a representation method for products, which lets us show, intuitively, the hierarchical relationships among components and/or assemblies of the product. This paper presents an algorithm for establishing a partial non-destructive disassembly sequence of a product. The disassembly sequence can be obtained for a component as well as for a sub-assembly (group of different components). The disassembly sequence is obtained autonomously and automatically and can be used in a flexible manufacturing system. ID="A1"Correspondance and offprint requests to: F. Torres, Department of Physics, Systems Engineering and Signal Theory, University of Alicante, Crta San Vicente s/n, PO Box 99, Alicante, Spain. E-mail: ftorres@disc.ua.es