Project cooperationUpdated on 25 June 2025

Circular quality assurance and assessment of remanufacturing

Chris Schönekehs

Research Associate at WZL RWTH Aachen University

Aachen, Germany

About

  • Utilize usage data with the help of AI-methods to increase product quality, reduce waste and extent service life

  • Implementing function-based quality inspections

  • Evaluating the condition of end-of-life products after a usage phase based on data in the digital shadow

  • Assess the economic and environmental potential of Re-X-strategies while using the digital shadow for low risk implementation

Stage

  • Early idea

Type

  • Consortium seeks Partners

Organisation

WZL RWTH Aachen University

University

Aachen, Germany

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