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Demanufacture vs Remanufacture - What's the difference?

demanufacture | remanufacture |

As verbs the difference between demanufacture and remanufacture

is that demanufacture is to recycle material using this process while remanufacture is 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.

As a noun demanufacture

is a process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.

demanufacture

English

Noun

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  • 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 Sustainable Environmental Stewardship of Federal Electronic Assets" PDF signed 11-15-2004)
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    • See also

    *decommissioning *disassembly *recycling *salvage *scrap

    Verb

    (demanufactur)
  • To recycle material using this process
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    • Derived terms

    *demanufacturer

    References

    *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=8cikqM7IFbW6NQnLRb3QZQ

    remanufacture

    English

    (wikipedia remanufacture)

    Verb

    (remanufactur)
  • 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 citation
    • , 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. }}