Demanufactured vs Remanufactured - What's the difference?
demanufactured | remanufactured |
(demanufacture)
A process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.
:The Parties define the life cycle of electronic equipment broadly to include acquisition, design, manufacture, assembly, distribution, use, reuse, demanufacture , and recycling. (from the
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To recycle material using this process
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(remanufacture)
To make a system or subsystem that meets the standards of one newly manufactured by disassembling a used one, cleaning, inspecting, replacing worn and defective parts, and reassembling.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 7, author=Keith Bradsher, title=Chinese Auto Parts Enter the Global Market, work=New York Times
, passage=But used starters and alternators are still remanufactured in the United States, reusing the costly copper wiring in each device and selling them in the $1.5 billion market for replacement starters and alternators. }}
As verbs the difference between demanufactured and remanufactured
is that demanufactured is (demanufacture) while remanufactured is (remanufacture).demanufactured
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Verb
(head)demanufacture
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Noun
(-)Sustainable Environmental Stewardship of Federal Electronic Assets"PDF signed 11-15-2004)
See also
*decommissioning *disassembly *recycling *salvage *scrapVerb
(demanufactur)Derived terms
*demanufacturerReferences
*http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/demanufacture *http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=9&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofee.gov%2Ffinalmou.pdf&ei=sDaESvzxEY-CtgeH89ivCg&usg=AFQjCNGmSlbKdmA7Gz_xoO_BdwiCArk1eg&sig2=8cikqM7IFbW6NQnLRb3QZQremanufactured
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Verb
(head)remanufacture
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(wikipedia remanufacture)Verb
(remanufactur)citation