Digital Twin Object Disassembly Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for disassembling objects lack efficiency and environmental consideration, as they do not effectively account for the object's health, environmental impact, and optimal disassembly sequences, leading to potential damage and environmental hazards.

Innovation Solution

The use of digital twin technology to simulate object disassembly, considering object health, environmental factors, and safety constraints, to generate an optimized disassembly plan that includes stages such as object stripping, electrical detachment, and debris mitigation techniques, and dynamically adjusts the disassembly method based on real-time data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional disassembly methods are used, then disassembly can be completed, but efficiency is low and environmental damage occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisassembly efficiencyVSAvoidenvironmental damage
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary digital twin simulations to generate an optimized disassembly plan before actual disassembly begins. This preliminary action identifies the optimal disassembly sequence, selects appropriate tools, and predicts environmental impacts, allowing the actual disassembly to proceed efficiently with minimal environmental damage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a digital twin (virtual copy) of the object to simulate and optimize the disassembly process. This digital copy allows for multiple simulations and optimizations without affecting the physical object, enabling efficient planning while predicting and preventing environmental harm before it occurs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If disassembly is performed without optimization, then the process is simple, but object damage may occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveobject integrityVSAvoiddisassembly process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

By using a digital twin to simulate the disassembly process, the system can identify potential damage risks and adjust the plan accordingly. The virtual model allows for testing different disassembly sequences to ensure object integrity without adding physical complexity to the actual disassembly execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary simulations to identify and mitigate potential damage risks before actual disassembly. This advance planning ensures object integrity is maintained while the complexity is managed through computational rather than physical means.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Manufacturing precision

If detailed simulation and optimization are performed, then disassembly quality improves, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisassembly precisionVSAvoidsimulation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs necessary simulations and optimizations in advance to establish a detailed disassembly plan. Once the plan is generated through preliminary digital twin simulations, it can be executed with high precision without requiring continuous simulation time during the actual disassembly process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses dynamic simulations to optimize the disassembly plan, adapting to different object configurations and environmental conditions. The digital twin allows for rapid what-if analysis to determine the optimal sequence, balancing simulation time with the need for precise disassembly instructions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20230409772A1Object disassembly optimization
Publication Date: 2023.12.21 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A processor may receive object data associated with an object. The processor may generate one or more simulations using object data. The one or more simulations may be associated with the object. The processor may identify one or more object components associated with the object. Identifying the one or more object components may be based, at least in part, on the one or more simulations. The processor may generate an optimized disassembly plan for the object based on the one or more object components. The optimized disassembly plan may include one or more disassembly stages. The processor may disassemble the object. The object may be disassembled using the optimized disassembling plan.