The electric energy still comes mostly from fossil fuel combustions and non-ecological solutions. This article describes an alternative to the electric bicycle. It shows the design process of a suitable bicycle device, ...

One of the keys to success in obtaining creative ideas by a design team is the interaction between ideas that are generated. It is common for virtual team members having to communicate via chat, restricting the way people ...

This paper aims to show how Human Centered Design approach has been incorporated in an industrial company such as DanobatGroup Railways. Industrial companies frequently work within complex value chains where different ...

This paper shows how DanobatGroup Railways, the company specializing in machinery for the railway industry, undertakes the transition to a hybrid value proposition of products and services. DanobatGroup Railways visualizes ...

Remanufacturing is one of the strategies of end of life (EOL strategies for End Of Life) having greater recovery and aims to restore the product to a “like new” condition, offering the same quality and guarantee given for ...

When a product has fulfilled its expected wear-out life, there are two alternative strategies, replacement by a new generation product or reusing the same item by extending its use. Reusing the product, sometimes does not ...

This work analyzes the segregation phenomena during the die filling of a binary granular mixture in a feed hopper of a tablet compression machine. These phenomena, which are due to the alternative movement of the feed ...

This work analyzes the characteristics of coating films that are based on aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) over a thermplastic elastomer (TPE) substrate with an objective of reducing the superficial friction coefficient ...

In this paper we propose a framework that addresses especially the social dimension of sustainability, under the approach of the Triple E, setting two targets, continuous improvement of product inclusiveness, and facilitate ...